Bekhit Nageh Efrak Ebeid, Sekyere Kofi Frimpong and Aedola Ibrahim were abducted by ISIS in Noufliyah, southeast of Sirte – a stronghold for the jihadists. They are now being held in an unknown location.
The men are from Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana, ISIS said in a statement on social media, where they posted photos of the men's passports. Libyan military spokesman, Mohamed El Hejazi, confirmed the abduction...
...Earlier this year, Egypt began conducting airstrikes in Libya following the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in the country by ISIS militants. Speaking to Radio France Internationale in April, Eritrean Catholic Priest Father Mussie Zerai said that Ethiopians and Eritreans were a key target for militants in Libya because the majority of them are Christians...