Report: Nelson man getting out of Libya
By Nelson Daily Staff
A Nelson man trapped in Libya is reportedly getting out of the country.
John McNabb is confirmed to be on a ship bound for Malta and should have arrived there Friday afternoon.
McNabb had written on his Facebook page that he was in a compound in the Benghazi Airport, which had been closed since unrest broke out last week in Libya.
A mining engineer, McNabb had said on his site the airport was under machine gun fire since Sunday.
Libya is an oil-rich nation in North Africa that has been under control of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi since he seized power in 1969.
The unrest sweeping through much of the Arab world erupted in several Libyan cities, beginning with a core of anti-government opponents in Benghazi. It spread to the capital of Tripoli but Col. Qaddafi retaliated with violence.
People are demanding the release of political prisoners, as well as the end of el-Qaddafi’s 40-year reign over the country.
