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Libya: U.S. Airstrikes Kill 2 Serbian Hostages

HeadlineFeb 22, 2016

U.S. airstrikes on a suspected ISIL training camp in Libya have killed two Serbian hostages. The hostages were a communications officer and a driver on staff at the Serbian Embassy who were taken hostage in November. They were among about 50 people killed in Friday’s U.S. airstrikes. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia had been close to securing the hostages’ release.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic: “This is the first major hostage crisis that the Republic of Serbia has faced. Our state security acted very professionally, very seriously. If they had not been killed in allied—meaning U.S.—bombing, our people would have been freed, as we have said so many times before.”

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