A security official says gunmen have kidnapped the deputy foreign minister of Libya's internationally-recognized government in the eastern city of Bayda.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, said gunmen disguised in police uniforms seized Hassan al-Sagheer from his hotel at dawn, taking him to an unknown location.
The identities and demands of the kidnappers were not immediately clear.
Libya's elected parliament was forced to relocate to the far-eastern city of Tobruk after Islamist-allied militias took over the country's capital, Tripoli, and the second-largest city of Benghazi. The internationally-recognized Cabinet meets in Bayda.