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             Security Source: Briton, New Zealander Killed in Libya

   by Reuters

   A Briton and a New Zealander, both with gunshot wounds, were found dead
   in western Libya on Thursday, while two Americans were arrested in the
   eastern city of Benghazi, Libyan security sources said.

   The security situation has deteriorated in recent months in the North
   African country where the government is struggling to rein in militias
   and tribesmen who helped oust Moammer Gadhafi in 2011 and kept their
   guns.

   "Their bodies were found near the coastal area of Mellitah," one source
   said, referring to a large oil and gas complex co-owned by Italy's ENI
   and a residential area near the town of Zuwarah and 100 km (60 miles)
   west of Tripoli.

   Another source said the New Zealander was a woman and the Briton a man.
   Both were found outside the oil complex, he said.

   No further details were immediately available.

   A spokeswoman for Britain's Foreign Office said, "We are aware of
   reports that the bodies of two foreign nationals have been found in
   Libya and we are urgently seeking further information from the
   authorities."

   A New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said the
   ministry was aware of reports that a New Zealander may have been killed
   in Libya.
   "We are working with the relevant authorities to confirm this," he
   said.

   In a separate incident, two Americans were being held by the Libyan
   army at its headquarters in the eastern city of Benghazi, several
   security and army sources told Reuters.

   Both were basketball players and were arrested on the campus of
   Benghazi University, one security source said.

   "They were arrested by university guards and then brought by special
   forces to the army barracks," an army source said.

   The State Department said it was looking into the matter.

   Last Friday, four American military personnel were detained by the
   Libyan government and released after several hours in custody, U.S. and
   Libyan officials said.
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