France 24 Reported Thursday that I.S. jihadists in Libya claimed responsibility for executing Two Tunisian journalists in Barqa. Journalist Sofiane Chourabi and photojournalist Nazir Alqtara were kidnapped in September in Ajdabiya, according to local reports. The group said it "applied the laws of Allah" against the victims.
The incident marks the first execution of journalists in the turbulent country since the 2011 uprising.