Tunisia: no information about journalist kidnapped in Libya

The Tunisian foreign ministry said yesterday that it did not have “detailed information” about the conditions, whereabouts or kidnappers of Tunisian journalists kidnapped in Libya, the Anadolu Agency reported.

In a statement, the ministry said: “The crisis group stressed that despite all the efforts being exerted, it did not get a single piece of information about the journalists Sifyan Al-Shorabi and Natheer Al-Qitari.”

“The crisis group stressed that the Tunisian judiciary was commissioned to follow up the issue and an investigation into the issue was opened,” the statement said.

A week ago, Tunisian defence minister Ghazi Al-Jribi said information was received about the condition of the journalists in Libya and their whereabouts. He said that this information would be announced later.

Two weeks ago, a website affiliates with the Islamic State (ISIS) calling said two Tunisian journalists kidnapped last September were executed.

The two journalists were kidnapped in Libya when they were preparing a report for a Tunisian TV channel, where they had been working.