Bangladeshi taken hostage by Islamic State in Libya oilfield attack
Bangladesh on Monday confirmed one of its citizens was among nine foreign workers taken hostage last week by the Islamic State militant group in an attack on a Libyan oilfield.
Foreigners have increasingly become targets in Libya's turmoil, where two rival governments are battling for control and Islamist extremists have grown in the chaos that followed Muammar Gaddafi's ouster four years ago.
Up to 10 foreign workers were missing after the attack on the Al-Ghani oil field south of the Libyan city of Sirte, Czech and Libyan officials said.
"Unfortunately one Bangladeshi has been kidnapped and our embassy in Tripoli has engaged all its efforts to find out and release him with safety," junior foreign minister Mohammad Shahriar Alam told Reuters.
