Libyan militiamen have detained two British journalists working for Iran's Press TV and are now holding them in the capital Tripoli, officials and the media station said. Press TV said on its website a reporter and cameraman along with two local residents were seized on Wednesday by a brigade in the coastal town of Misrata, whose rebel fighters fought in last year's war which ousted Muammar Qadhafi.
It said it had not been in contact with the four since Tuesday. It identified the two British men as Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson. A source at the Libyan Interior Ministry confirmed they were being held by a Misrata brigade in Tripoli. A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said two British nationals had been detained and confirmed their identities.