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Summary Libya has issued a summons for former prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi.
Libya has issued a summons for Moamer Kadhafis former prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, who fled the country for neighbouring Tunisia, the interim justice minister said Wednesday.The prosecutor general has issued a summons for former prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, the minister, Mohammed al-Alagi, told a news conference in Tripoli.Mahmudi, Libyas prime minister until the last days of Kadhafis regime, was arrested last week on Tunisias southwestern border with Algeria.A Tunisian court swiftly sentenced him to six months in prison after finding him guilty of illegal entry, but that decision was overruled on Tuesday by a higher court following an appeal by his lawyers.Mahmudis arrest was the second in Tunisia of a senior Libyan official since the fall of the regime run by Kadhafi, who has been on the run since Libyan rebels took the capital Tripoli on August 23.
