Tag: Sirte

Libya: bodies of beheaded Copts found

October 9, 2017 Libya Copts, Egypt, Libya, Sirte, Tunisia

Libya has officially confirmed it has found the bodies of the 20 Coptic Christians beheaded by the Islamic State group in February 2015, reports Agenzia Fides. The 20 Egyptians and one Ghanaian were found close to where they were executed on a beach in the coastal city of Sirte, according . . . Read More

ISIL in Libya kidnaps more Christians

July 20, 2015 Libya Copts, Islamic State, Libya, Sirte

The Islamic State has released news that it kidnapped three African Christians in Libya, says Reuters. In a statement on social media, IS said the men are from Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana. The group published the men’s passport pictures for verification. They are believed to have been captured around 11 . . . Read More

Abduction of another Egyptian Copt in Libya

January 30, 2015 Libya Islamic State, Kidnapping, Libya, Sirte, Tripoli

Unidentified gunmen abducted an Egyptian working in a restaurant in the Libyan city of Sirte on Jan. 29. According to Middle East news agency Copts Today the colleagues of 26-year-old Christian Samir Sabri Masood, from Sidi Salem Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt, reported the kidnapping to the police after he was . . . Read More

Libyan militants hold 20 Egyptian Christians hostage

January 26, 2015 Libya Ansar al-Sharia, Benghazi, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Libya, Sirte, Tripoli

Coptic families in Upper Egypt’s Minya province await news on their kidnapped relatives in Libya, January 2015.Photo: Watani The kidnapping of at least 20 Coptic Christians in two separate incidents in December and January has been claimed by Libyan militants affiliated with the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Seven of the Christians . . . Read More

Islamists kidnap 20 Egyptian Christians in Libya

January 5, 2015 Libya Copts, Egypt, Libya, Sirte

The BBC reports that 13 kidnapped Egyptian Coptic Christian workers have been freed Jan. 5; they were suspected to be abducted by Islamist militants in northern Libya around 2:30am on Jan. 3. This is the latest in a series of attacks on Egyptian Christians in Libya and occurred only a week after seven . . . Read More

4 men abducted in Libya for being Christian

August 28, 2014 Libya Copts, Egypt, Libya, Sirte, Tripoli

The Libya Herald has reported that a family of four Egyptian men, who were targeted specifically because they are Christian, was kidnapped in Libya on August 27 near Sirte. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom said they were travelling with three Muslims when they were abducted at a checkpoint . . . Read More

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