White House Condemns Ethiopian Killings
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bbourdages/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration said on Monday it can’t confirm a video released over the weekend allegedly showing Ethiopian Christians held captive in Libya being shot or beheaded by ISIS militants.
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms the brutal mass murder, the brutal mass murder by ISIL-affiliated terrorists of what the murderers claim are Ethiopian Christians in Libya,” said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest in a daily briefing with reporters.
The victims were allegedly planning to go to Europe by boat from Libya, but were captured by the extremists.
“There are some situations in which we believe individuals claim a link to ISIL without a lot of credibility merely because they sense a propaganda victory,” Earnest said.
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