2 Indian Professors At Sirte University Free After Being Abducted By ISIS 14 Months Ago
September 16 2016
The Indian government has announced that two Indian professors in Libya have been rescued after being held captive for more than a year, reports the Hindu.
T. Gopalakrishna and C. Balaram Kishan were teaching at the University of Sirte when they were abducted by ISIS terrorists on July 29, 2015, while they were traveling to the Tripoli airport to return to India.
A relative of one of the professors said they were both rescued by the military, reported the Press Trust of...
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