LIBYA MILITIAMEN BEHEADED A PHILIPPINES WORKER AFTER SINGLING HIM FROM VEHICLE WHO WAS TRAVELING WITH LIBYAN AND PAKISTANI AS NOT BEING MUSLIM AND PROMOTED PHILIPPINES GOVT ASKING ALL ITS 13000 NATIONALS TO LEAVE AND RETURN BACK TO THE COUNTRY 21ST JULY 2014 Suspected militiamen have beheaded a Philippine worker in Libya after singling him out because he was not a Muslim, the Philippine Foreign Department said on Monday. Department spokesman Charles Jose said this reinforced the governments order to all Filipinos to evacuate the country because of the worsening security situation. He told reporters the Filipino construction worker was kidnapped on July 15 and his beheaded remains were found in a hospital on July 20. The vehicle he was riding in was stopped in a checkpoint. There were three of them - a Libyan, a Pakistani and a Filipino - and he was allegedly singled out because he was non-Muslim, said Jose. The kidnappers had initially negotiated with the Filipinos company for a $160 000 ransom, but eventually they received a call from the abductors on July 20 (that) referred them to a Benghazi hospital”, he added. The beheaded body was found in the hospital in an advanced state of decomposition, indicating he may have been dead even while the negotiations were going on, Jose added. He indicated that the killing prompted the Philippines on Sunday to order its estimated 13 000 nationals in Libya to leave. The threats to our Filipinos safety and security became more imminent. We would like to get them out of harms way because of this incident, Jose added. Filipinos can leave Libya by travelling by land to either Tunisia or Egypt, he added.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:29:36 +0000
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