Libya's prime minister, who was abducted briefly by gunmen this week, has lashed out at militias fuelling turmoil, warning that some want to turn the North African nation into "another Afghanistan or Somalia".
At a Tripoli press conference on Friday, Ali Zidan demanded an "explanation" from the group he says snatched him from his hotel residence on Thursday morning and held him for several hours.
He said his captors identified themselves as from the "Revolutionaries' Operation Room," a security agency made up of militias.
Armed militias hold sway across Libya, rooted in the "revolutionary" brigades that toppled Moamma Gadhafi in 2011.
They have resisted attempts to disarm them and often intimidate officials with violence.
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Zidan denounced armed groups that he said have used "guns and bombs" to "terrorise" the government.
