{"id":55952,"date":"2018-03-15T14:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=55952"},"modified":"2018-03-15T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:53:04","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%89-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%82-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%89-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%82-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a8\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodies of 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS to return to Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Three years after 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians\u00a0were kidnapped and executed\u00a0by ISIS militants in the city of Sirt in Libya, the Libyan attorney general, Siddiq Soor, agreed to return the bodies upon the request of Egypt\u2019s public prosecutor.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"hide-in-mobile\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">According to local media sources, the head of the Interrogations Office said that Libyan authorities received the request from Egypt\u2019s public prosecutor through the Libyan foreign ministry.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"hide-in-mobile\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">He added that the bodies were presented to forensics and DNA samples were taken.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"hide-in-mobile\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong>ANALYSIS:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Why ISIS continues to be a dangerous force in Libya<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"hide-in-mobile\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">A committee from the foreign affairs and attorney general\u2019s office met with the Egyptian public prosecutor and handed him the forensic samples that were taken from the bodies in order for them to be identified with the victims\u2019 families.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"hide-in-mobile\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">He confirmed that the bodies will be returned to Egypt, and that there are serious efforts in making sure that happens.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three years after 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians\u00a0were kidnapped and executed\u00a0by ISIS militants in the city of Sirt in Libya, the Libyan attorney general, Siddiq Soor, agreed to return the bodies upon the request of Egypt\u2019s public prosecutor. 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