Nine foreign oil workers have gone missing after an attack on a Libyan oil field, the Austrian foreign ministry says. The oil workers were from Austria, the Czech Republic and seven non-EU countries, a spokesman said.
The attack on the al-Ghani field about 700km (440 miles) south-east of Tripoli happened on Friday, a Libyan army spokesman has told the BBC.
He said eight guards had been beheaded in the attack.
The army spokesman was not in a position to confirm the kidnapping, but said one oil worker had died of a heart attack after witnessing the beheadings.
The foreign oil workers who were seized are from Austria, the Czech Republic, Bangladesh, the Philippines and at least one African country, a spokesman for the Austrian foreign ministry said.
"We know that they were not injured when they were transported away from the al-Ghani oil field," he said.
The foreigners worked for the oilfield management company Value Added Oilfield Services (VAOS).
Foreigners have increasingly become targets in the continuing political turmoil in Libya. (BBC)
The attack on the al-Ghani field about 700km (440 miles) south-east of Tripoli happened on Friday, a Libyan army spokesman has told the BBC.
He said eight guards had been beheaded in the attack.
The army spokesman was not in a position to confirm the kidnapping, but said one oil worker had died of a heart attack after witnessing the beheadings.
The foreign oil workers who were seized are from Austria, the Czech Republic, Bangladesh, the Philippines and at least one African country, a spokesman for the Austrian foreign ministry said.
"We know that they were not injured when they were transported away from the al-Ghani oil field," he said.
The foreigners worked for the oilfield management company Value Added Oilfield Services (VAOS).
Foreigners have increasingly become targets in the continuing political turmoil in Libya. (BBC)
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