Several foreigners missing since ISIL attack on Libya oilfield
Several foreign workers are still missing since an ISIL Takfiri militant attack on an oilfield in Libya, European officials say.
According to Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Weiss on Saturday, during the Friday afternoon attack on the Ghani oilfield, south of Sirte, several members of a security detail were killed. Security forces later retook the oilfield, but nine foreign employees are still unaccounted for, he added.
Among the missing are one Austrian, one Czech and seven non-EU citizens, he went on to say.
So far no groups or individuals have made any requests about the missing foreigners’ return.
According to Austrian officials, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz was in contact with the Austrian embassy in Tunisia, which takes cares of affairs related to Libya.
The Czech Foreign Ministry has also confirmed that a Czech national is missing since the attack.
The ministry contacted the missing person’s family and is cooperating with Austria in the matter, said ministry spokeswoman Michaela Lagronova.
The Foreign Ministry added that it will send an official to the region.
Libya attorney general kidnapped
Libya's acting attorney general Ibrahim Anis Beshia was kidnapped in Libya’s capital city Tripoli on Saturday, sources at the country’s High Court say.
“A group of armed men took the acting attorney general to an unknown location immediately after he finished his work at the complex," the Anadolu press agency quoted one of the sources as saying.
The sources added that Beshia was taken outside a court complex in Tripoli.
"A group of armed men took the acting attorney general to an unknown location immediately after he finished his work at the complex," one of the sources added.
As of yet there have been no claims for the kidnapping.
Beshia was appointed as the country’s acting attorney general by Tripoli's High Court in 2014 following the retirement of former attorney general Abdel-Qadir Radwan.
Libya’s government and elected parliament moved to the eastern city of Tobruk after an armed group from the northwestern city of Misrata seized Tripoli and most government institutions in August 2014.
The new Tripoli rulers have set up a rival parliament and government not recognized by the international community.
Libya plunged into chaos following the 2011 uprising against the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi. The ouster of Gaddafi gave rise to a patchwork of heavily-armed militias and deep political divisions.
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