Pinoys kidnapped in Libya homehome/News/Nation/Pinoys kidnapped in Libya homeThree Filipino civil engineers taken hostage in Libya in 2018 arrived in Manila on Saturday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. welcomed the three who flew to Manila along with Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hjayceelyn Quintana. The DFA, through the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, shouldered their airline tickets to Manila and provided them cash assistance. The three Filipinos and a South Korean colleague were kidnapped in Libya in July last year. Since the 2011 overthrow of Libya’s longtime ruler Moamer Kadhafi, foreign workers and diplomats have been frequent targets of attacks or kidnappings by powerful militias or the Islamic State group.

Source: Manila Times May 18, 2019 16:19 UTC