Islamic State 'beheads' 12 in battle for Libya's Sirte

August 15, 2015 22:14

Islamic State group jihadists have beheaded 12 people and hung them on crosses during a battle for the coastal city of Sirte. The fighting for control of Sirte, hometown of slaindictator Moamer Kadhafi, has been raging since Tuesday, with one top Libyan diplomat warning of a "massacre" in the city.

The national news agency said the 12 people beheaded were local gunmen who had been battling IS in the eastern Sirte district known as "neighbourhood three". The agency also reported that IS militants executed 22 other Sirte residents who had taken up arms against the jihadist group as they lay wounded in a city hospital.

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