Libya's newly-resigned interior minister kidnapped : news report

Libya, a former interior minister, who resigned from his position of supporting anti-government protesters have been kidnapped, state media reported Wednesday.
Abdul Fattah al Younis Abid told CNN he resigned Monday after hearing that 300 unarmed civilians were killed in Benghazi. He accused the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, for conspiring to attack civilians on a large scale.

But hours later, state media has reported that "gangs" in the second largest city of Libya, Benghazi, was kidnapped.

Libyan state television, adding that the Libyan forces have warned that those responsible for the kidnapping that they "are pursued to their hideouts."
Earlier Wednesday, al-Abidi said he had left the government, and supports the protesters, who he predicts will win the "days or hours."

"Gaddafi said that he intended to use airplanes for people in Benghazi, and I told him that there are thousands of people have been killed if he does," al Abid said in a telephone interview in Arabic on Wednesday.
He called Gaddafi "the stubborn man" who would not give up. "He committed suicide or he was killed," said Al Abidi, who said he has known since 1964.

Al Abidi called Libyan security forces "to join the people of the intifada." Already, he says, "many members" of the security forces had deserted, including the capital, Tripoli.
From recent developments in Libya began on 15 February, a growing number of Libyan officials have resigned.

Libya's ambassador to Bangladesh, AH Elimam, resigned to side with pro-democracy demonstrators, said the BSS, the official news agency of Bangladesh, quoting a senior Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.

Justice Minister Abdul Jalil Mustafa also resigned, saying he was protesting against "blood status" and "excessive use of force" against unarmed demonstrators, the newspaper said Libya Quryna.