Ottawa has confirmed that a Canadian is among three people taken hostage in Libya earlier this week. RelatedEarlier in the week, a Libyan official said authorities were investigating the abduction of three foreigners working for a maintenance company near the border with Algeria. Eissa said a team of five Italian investigators have arrived in the town where the Italians and Canadian were abducted. Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, who were abducted in the Philippines in 2015, were both beheaded by their abductors from the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, earlier this year. With files from Marie-Danielle Smith, National Post and The Associated Press

Source: National Post September 25, 2016 14:48 UTC