Venezuela's ambassador in Libya, Afif Tajeldine, said Wednesday that rebel attacks in Tripoli targeted his home rather than the headquarters of the embassy, as previously reported by President Hugo Chávez.

"Nothing really happened at the embassy headquarters," said Tajeldine in a telephone contact with multi-state television network Telesur.

"Armed groups broke into our home this morning and searched the house asking for me. The neighbors came in and said they knew nothing about the ambassador," added Tajeldine.

"They began to take stuff out of the house; they took the cars; they ransacked the house completely. They left nothing in the house and fired some shots in the air. This is a violation of international law, as this house is our territory, Venezuelan territory, which must be respected," he said.

The diplomat explained that his residence was about nine miles away from the embassy in Tripoli.

"No one was in the residence, only the watchman was at the residence, and he was forced to open the door," he said.

Tajeldine said that armed groups are supported by NATO, and rejected the violation of the Venezuelan sovereignty.