( CNN ) -- At least two of the five Egyptian diplomats kidnapped in Libya on Friday have been released , according to Egyptian and Libyan state news agencies . Egypt 's agency , MENA , is quoting the Libyan Defense Minister Adel El-Faadey as saying that the remaining two will be released Monday . News from Libyan news agency LANA on Sunday said that five diplomats and an embassy worker were abducted . CNN is working to confirm the news about the embassy worker . LANA quotes an official source Sunday saying that two diplomats and the embassy staffer were released and arrived at their residence in Tripoli in good health . LANA also reported that a senior Libyan foreign ministry official met with the freed diplomats at their residence to check that they were OK . Gunmen carried out the kidnappings from the Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli . The embassy was evacuated Saturday . Libya 's Justice Minister Salah al-Maghani stridently condemned the abductions and called for their freedom . A spokesman for the Libyan Foreign Ministry , Said Al-Aswad , earlier told the Egyptian MENA news agency that the motive behind the kidnapping was unknown and that Libyan authorities were investigating . On Saturday , the Libyan ambassador to Egypt said that the kidnappings could be in retaliation for the Friday arrest of Shaaban Hadiya in Alexandria , Egypt . Hadiya is also known as Abu Obedia El-Zawy and he heads the state-funded militia group Libyan Revolutionary Operations Room , or LROR . According to news sources , El-Zawy 's group was responsible for the kidnapping of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan last October . The Libyan General National Congress , which is drafting a new Libyan constitution , has demanded that Egyptian authorities release El-Zawy immediately . Earlier this week , a South Korean trade official was rescued after being taken from his car in Tripoli last Sunday . His kidnappers were detained , authorities said . Libya 's government and fragile state security forces are struggling to impose law and order in a country awash with weapons left over from the 2011 war that ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi . CNN 's Marie-Louise Gumuchian , Jomana Karadsheh , Leslie Holland and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report .
At least two of five Egyptian diplomats kidnapped in Libya have reportedly been released . Libyan state news : Senior Libyan foreign ministry official met with freed diplomats . The motive behind the abductions is unknown .