( CNN ) -- The four are reporters from prominent Italian Wednesday newspapers . An Italian foreign ministry official says the kidnappers are believed to be Maurizio Massari . four of the journalists called his newspaper and reported that the One were beaten . The four were taken at a roadblock about 50 miles from Tripoli .
The four are reporters from prominent Italian Wednesday newspapers . An Italian foreign ministry official says the kidnappers are believed to be Maurizio Massari . four of the journalists called his newspaper and reported that the One were beaten . The four were taken at a roadblock about 50 miles from Tripoli .