Subul Al-Salam Salafist Brigade in Kufra said that it had rescued three citizens from the city who were kidnapped by Chadian rebels.

On its Facebook page, the brigade stated that the liberation operation took place after armed clashes with Chadian groups, which were tracked in the area known as the gate of Kalanga near the Libyan-Chad border.

The brigade announced earlier that it had freed a number of citizens from Kufra who were abducted on the Libyan-Sudanese border by gunmen belonging to a Sudanese opposition movement.

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