Briton and New Zealander found shot dead near oil facility in Libya
Sources say the bodies of a British man and a New Zealand woman were discovered close to a large oil complex, while two Americans were arrested in Banghazi in an unrelated case
A Briton and a New Zealander, both with gunshot wounds, have been found dead in western Libya, Libyan security sources said.
"Their bodies were found near the coastal area of Mellitah," one source said on Thursday, 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 kilometres 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.
Authorities meanwhile arrested and then released two American basketball players in the eastern city of Benghazi,
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 Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and kept their guns.
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."