Rhino: Libya’s top judicial police official received a hero’s welcome upon his return to his country after Italy unexpectedly released him from a prison where he had been held for just two days after being arrested on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.

The ICC accuses the man of war crimes.

Although he is listed in Libyan government records as Osama Njeim, the Italian Ministry of Justice identified him as Njeim Osama al-Masri.

A video posted on social media showed Njeim’s supporters carrying him on their shoulders after an Italian government plane flew him directly from Turin to Tripoli’s Mitiga airport on Tuesday evening.

Libya’s judicial police posted a message on its Facebook page describing Njeim as an operations manager at the Judicial Security Department and expressing gratitude to everyone who helped secure his release.