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Gravesites of 4 OFWs killed by ISIS in Libya found 6 years later PH embassy
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 2) The remains of four Filipino oil workers in Libya, who were abducted and later executed by Islamic State militants in 2015, have finally been located, the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli said on Tuesday.
The migrant workers were identified as Donato Santiago, Gregorio Titan, Roldan Blaza, and Wilson Eligu. The four, along with two foreign coworkers, had been missing since they were kidnapped by ISIS fighters who attacked the Ghani Oil Field on March 6, 2015.
According to the Embassy, their gravesites were found on Monday in the Dahr Ahmar Islamic Cemetery in the city of Derna with the help of Libyan authorities.
MANILA: The remains of four Filipino oil workers abducted and killed by Daesh in Libya have been located after a search lasting almost six years.
The discovery of the bodies in a Libyan cemetery will pave the way for their final journey back home to the Philippines, officials said.
“We found the gravesite of the four OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) kidnapped and killed by (Daesh) six years ago,” Elmer Cato, Philippine Embassy charge d’affaires and head of mission, told Arab News on Tuesday.
Philippine officials had been working with groups in Libya to locate and recover the remains of the four OFWs – Donato Santiago, Gregorio Titan, Roladan Blaza, and Wilson Eligue – after they, along with two co-workers from Austria and the Czech Republic, were abducted by Daesh militants who attacked the Ghani oilfield in southern Libya on March 6, 2015.
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The gravesites of the four Filipinos kidnapped and executed by ISIS six years ago were finally located on Monday (Photo: Philippine Embassy).
London, 3 March 2021:
The gravesites of four Filipino oil workers who had been kidnapped and later executed by ISIS in Derna, Libya, six years ago were finally located, the Philippine Embassy in Libya informed
Libya Herald. The gravesites were located on Monday with the help of the eastern Libyan authorities.
“After six long years, the families of our four kababayan will finally find closure,” Embassy Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Mission Elmer G. Cato said. “We are indebted to our Libyan friends for making this possible.”