Two Tunisian journalists who went missing in
Libya and whose murders were claimed by the
Islamic State group are alive, Tunisian Foreign
Minister Taieb Baccouche said on Monday.
Baccouche told private radio station Jawhara FM he
had "irrefutable proof" that Sofiene Chourabi and
Nadhir Ktari - who have been missing in eastern
Libya since last September - "are alive".
"We are trying to bring them back to Tunisia," he
added, declining to give further details.
In January, the Libyan branch of ISIS claimed to
have executed the pair.
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The announcement triggered shock and disbelief in
Tunisia where rallies were held as people
demanded proof of their deaths.
In April, Libya's internationally recognised
government said five detainees had admitted to
killing five local television reporters as well as the
two Tunisians.
Chourabi, an investigative journalist and blogger
who was active during Tunisia's 2011 revolution,
and photographer Ktari went missing in the
Ajdabiya district of eastern Libya on September 8
2014.
Days earlier they had been seized by an armed
group near the northeastern town of Brega but
were released before disappearing again.
- AFP
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