US EditionLibyan Court Sentences 23 IS Militants to Death
- A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and 14 to life in prison for their role in an Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
- The group launched attacks on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli and gained territory in Benghazi, Derna, and Ajdabiya.
- One person was sentenced to 12 years in prison, six to 10 years, one to five years, and six to three years while five were acquitted, and three others died before their case came to trial.
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Libya hands down death sentences to Islamic State fighters
IS had captured the central coast city of Sirte in 2015, setting up a stronghold before being driven out the following year by forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in power at the time
Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign
A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.
Libya court sentences 23 to death, 14 to life imprisonment for ISIL campaign
Libya, May 30 (ANI): A Libyan court has sentenced 23 people to death and 14 others to life imprisonment for their participation in a fatal ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included killing a group of Egyptians and capturing the city of Sirte in 2015, Al Jazeera reported. One other person was sentenced to a 12-year prison, […]
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