Alleged ISIS militants capture radio station in Libya

‘A state-run radio station in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte has been captured by militants claiming to be members of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group.

“They took Radio Sirte yesterday (Thursday). Since then they have been broadcasting (verses from) the Koran and speeches by (ISIL chief Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi,” a Sirte resident told AFP on Friday.

Following the seizure, websites affiliated with the terrorist group released pictures of several armed men in a radio station, sitting in front of microphones and brandishing their rifles.’

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