Fears for 17 Christians missing in Libya.

Jennifer Lee   26 October 2021 

The Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary church in Cairo. High unemployment has pushed Christian Egyptians into Libya in search of work despite the risk of persecution and even death.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A group of Egyptian Coptic Christians has gone missing in Libya, sparking fears for their safety and even of a possible repeat of the 2015 massacre of Coptic Christians by ISIS.

According to International Christian Concern (ICC), the Egyptians have been missing since September 30 but it is uncertain as to who is holding them and why, and suspicions abound that they were deliberately targeted.

Some fear that they have been taken by an armed group.