Libya: 6 beheaded TV crew members' bodies found near Bayda Had worked for Barqa channel, disappeared 8 months ago

(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, APRIL 27 - The decapitated bodies of six people have been found near the city of Bayda in eastern Libya, several media outlets reported on Monday. Al-Arabiya reported that the bodies were employees of the television channel 'Barqa', the Arabic name for the Libyan region Cyrenaica. It has been reported to ANSA that healthcare workers and those on the ground say the bodies were ''employees of a satellite television station''. Some meetings of the Tobruk-based parliament and government take place in Bayda, about 80 kilometers west of Derna, which is controlled by a local Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate. Bayda is also the seat of the assembly for the drafting of the constitution. Libyan sources say that the crew went missing eight months ago and that one of those beheaded was an Egyptian cameraman named Mohamed Galal.(ANSAmed).



