Reuters
Dhaka
Bangladesh yesterday 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.
“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 said.
Bangladesh’s foreign ministry identified the abducted citizen as Helal Uddin, a resident of Jamalpur, 200km (124 miles) northwest of Dhaka, capital of the South Asian nation.
“One Bangladeshi national, along with eight other foreign nationals, were taken hostage by the Islamic group ISIS on Friday,” it said in a statement.
Bangladesh’s embassy in Tripoli was in close touch with Libya’s National Oil Company and VAOS, the company targeted in the attack, the ministry added.
