© Provided by Firstpost Libya hands death penalties to 23 Islamic State affiliatesA court in Libya handed down sentences to individuals involved in a violent campaign carried out by the Islamic State (IS), resulting in 23 people being sentenced to death and another 14 receiving life imprisonment. This campaign involved the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians and the capture of the city of Sirte in 2015. In 2015, the group launched an assault on the luxurious Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, resulting in the deaths of nine people. After gaining control over Benghazi, Derna, and Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, IS seized the central coastal city of Sirte. Speaking in court on Monday, Fawzia Arhuma said she welcomed the death sentences after her son was killed by the group at a power station near Sirte.
