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Libya air strike: Two Serbs feared dead in US attack on IS
Source: BBC
Libya air strike: Two Serbs feared dead in US attack on IS
20 February 2016 Africa
Two Serbian nationals held hostage in Libya since November are believed to have been among those killed in Friday's air strikes by US warplanes, the Serbian government says.
The jets targeted positions of the self-styled Islamic State group (IS) in the city of Sabratha.
The kidnapped Serbs, Sladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic, worked at the Serbian embassy in Libya.
Serbia is waiting for identification of the bodies, the foreign minister said.
Libyan authorities had yet to confirm the deaths, Ivica Dacic told a news conference in Belgrade, adding that "it was most probably true". The news had come from foreign nationals.
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20 February 2016 Africa
Two Serbian nationals held hostage in Libya since November are believed to have been among those killed in Friday's air strikes by US warplanes, the Serbian government says.
The jets targeted positions of the self-styled Islamic State group (IS) in the city of Sabratha.
The kidnapped Serbs, Sladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic, worked at the Serbian embassy in Libya.
Serbia is waiting for identification of the bodies, the foreign minister said.
Libyan authorities had yet to confirm the deaths, Ivica Dacic told a news conference in Belgrade, adding that "it was most probably true". The news had come from foreign nationals.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35621426
