Human rights activist Meron Estefanos said that the Christians were migrants, the majority of them from city of Adi Keih, and were trying to make their way to Europe. Of the 86, a number were children and at least 12 were women. They were taken in a dawn raid on June 3 while travelling in a truck to Libyan capital, Tripoli...
...Three Christians allegedly managed to escape, though it is not clear if their whereabouts are known. Estafanos told The Times: "We are trying to get them to a safe place, but there is no safe place in Libya."
In an interview with the Libya Herald, Estafanos added that many migrants are now trying to avoid Libya en route to Europe because of ISIS' growing influence. She also said that a video released by the jihadist group in April purporting to show the beheading of 28 Ethiopian Christians had been edited. A number of Eritrean Christians were also killed at the same time, she said. It is now feared that Islamic State's latest abductees are facing the same fate...