Days after the death of a Kerala nurse and her child in western Libya, a senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official told The Hindu that at least 1,800 Indians are still in the country and may need to be rescued through an emergency evacuation soon.
“The total number of Indians who have been staying in Libya despite advisories to leave the country is 1,800. But we are in touch with all Indian citizens and have logistics related information about them,” said the official, adding that the information could be used in case of an evacuation.
Discussions about an emergency plan were prompted by the March 4 attack in Yemen which left one Indian nun killed and a priest missing and the March 25 mortar attack in Libya which killed the nurse and her child.
Despite several rounds of negotiations with their suspected IS captors, the government has been unable to track down two professors from Sirte University kidnapped in August 2015.
30/03/16 Kallol Bhattacherjee/The Hindu
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“The total number of Indians who have been staying in Libya despite advisories to leave the country is 1,800. But we are in touch with all Indian citizens and have logistics related information about them,” said the official, adding that the information could be used in case of an evacuation.
Discussions about an emergency plan were prompted by the March 4 attack in Yemen which left one Indian nun killed and a priest missing and the March 25 mortar attack in Libya which killed the nurse and her child.
Despite several rounds of negotiations with their suspected IS captors, the government has been unable to track down two professors from Sirte University kidnapped in August 2015.
30/03/16 Kallol Bhattacherjee/The Hindu
