The Department of Crime Prevention in Misrata published photographs of the remains of 21 Egyptian hostages beheaded by Daesh in 2015. The administration said in a press statement on Saturday: “The Investigation and detection Office and Bodies Unit in the Department of Organized Crime Control in Misrata moved to Sirte, South, on Friday 6 October, at 7 am “
A statement from the Libyan Interior Ministry said that the remains were uncovered on Friday and belonged to 21 Coptics, 20 of whom were Egyptian, and the others from different African countries.
The bodies were found handcuffed and beheaded, dressed in the same orange outfits they wore in the murder video, the statement said.
The mass grave for the victims’ was disclosed after the arrest of IS militants by Libyan authorities last month. The perpetrators gave detailed confessions about their role in the massacre.
