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Jalloud flees Djerba on Maltese plane
Libya's former number two, Abdessalem Jalloud, left for Italy via Tunisia early this morning, a senior Tunisian government official confirmed.
20 August 2011, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Jalloud, a former prime minister ostracised from Muammar Gaddafi's regime, had earlier been reported to have fled to rebel-held territory.
He took "a plane for Italy from Djerba airport at 3:40 am", an airport official on the resort island said.
The government official said "Jalloud left Djerba airport for Italy at dawn on a Maltese plane with his family". He could not say how many people boarded the flight.
Jalloud is said to be heading for Doha, Qatar.
