Gaddafi's wife, daughter flee to Tunisia: report

The wife and daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have crossed over the border into Tunisia, a Tunisian security source told news agency Reuters.

Gaddafi's wife Safia and his daughter Aisha came to Tunisia with a Libyan delegation on May 14 and are on the island of Djerba in the south, Reuters is reporting.

"It was expected that they would leave yesterday but they are still at Djerba," the source added.

It did not appear that the two women had been traveling with Shokri Ghanem, Libya's top oil official, who is believed to have also crossed into Tunisia and appears to have defected.

Libyan officials in Tripoli were not immediately available for comment.

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