A female US embassy employee who was kidnapped and injured by gunfire managed to escape her captors. A Tunisian diplomat was reportedly kidnapped in Tripoli. Ansar al Sharia member Mohamed Mahlaz Shawaihdy was killed on April 14 in Benghazi; a large contingent of Ansar al Sharia members visited the hospital where his body was brought. A Benghazi candidate for election survived a murder attempt on April 15. One man was murdered and another injured in separate drive-by shootings in Benghazi. A Sebha councilman was murdered. Kidnappers holding the Jordanian ambassador are seeking the release of Mohamed Dersi, a Libyan member of al Qaeda serving a life term for plotting to blow up a Jordanian airport.
