A US strike on an Islamic State jihadist camp in Libya killed two Serbian embassy employees who were kidnapped in the area in November, Serbia’s foreign minister said Saturday.
The Friday attack, which has been condemned by Libya’s internationally recognised government, targeted a militant training camp near the Libyan coastal city of Sabratha, killing dozens of people.
But Belgrade said the victims of the strike also included two employees from its embassy in Libya, who were taken hostage on Nov 8 in Sabratha from a convoy of cars heading to the Tunisian border.
US officials said the raid likely killed Noureddine Chouchane, also known as “Sabir,” who along with other militants had been planning attacks against American and other Western interests.
Chouchane is suspected of being behind both the beach attack in July 2015 near the Tunisian city of Sousse that killed 38 tourists, including 30 Britons, and an attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis that killed 21 tourists and a policeman in March 2015.
Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group.
