Italian workers are kidnapped

Four Italian construction workers have been kidnapped in Libya near an industrial complex owned by the Italian energy giant Eni in the western city of Mellitah, Italy’s Foreign Ministry said.

A ministry statement said the four were employees of the Bonatti construction company.

The kidnapping occurred Sunday evening and family members had been informed overnight, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said in Brussels.

Intelligence agents were working to get more information on the circumstances of the kidnapping, he said.