AdvertisementAlong with the 23 members who were sentenced to death, the appeals court in the western city of Misrata also sentenced 14 other ISIS members to life in prison, as well as one for 12 years in prison, six to 10 years, one to five, and six to three years. Five people were acquitted by the court, and three others had died before their case had made it to the court. In 2015, the Libyan group had attacked the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli. The deaths of the abducted Christians were featured in brutal propaganda films made by the ISIS. The group seized the coastal city of Sirte after gaining territory in Benghazi, Derna, and Ajdabiya in eastern Libya.

Source: Libya Today June 01, 2023 10:43 UTC