12.20pm BST

Here is a recap of this morning's events so far:

• The Libyan prime minister, Ali Zeidan, was seized by gunmen this morning who claimed to have "arrested" him – but he was later freed. The head of the Tripoli supreme security committee, Hashim Bishr, said Zeidan was released after his captors were confronted by "revolutionaries" from the eastern Tripoli suburb of Suq Juma. A Reuters journalist reportedly witnessed shots being fired by the group seeking Zeidan's release.

• Zeidan is currently being kept in the house of one of the fighters for his own safety, Bishar said. "Zeidan is well, he is at the home of one of our revolutionaries, he is being kept safe," he said, speaking live on a Libyan television station. The president of the Libyan general national congress (GNC), Nouri Abusahmain, said the prime minister would be going to his office and would appear at a press conference "at a later time".

• Eyewitnesses said Zeidan had been taken from his hotel room by armed men, with his bodyguards and hotel security units taking no action as he was escorted from the hotel. Witnesses told The Associated Press that up to 150 gunmen drove up in pickup trucks and laid siege to the Corinthia Hotel before daylight on Thursday.

• The abduction came amid anger among Libya's powerful Islamic militant groups over the US special forces raid on Saturday that seized Libyan al-Qaida suspect known as Abu Anas al-Libi. Several groups and Libi's family members have accused the government of complicity in the raid, though Zeidan has denied all knowledge of the operation.

• The identity of his abductors is unclear. State news service Lana said that Zeidan was captured by the Revolutionary Operations Room of Libya, a government security force composed of former rebels, reporting that a statement from the group said he would be charged under the Libyan penal code with endangering state security. The group denied any involvement in the operation.

• The president of the GNC denied that there was an arrest warrant for Zeidan or that the government was involved in anyway. Speaking after the prime minister was freed, Abusahmain said: