The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has held intensive contacts with Libya's officials and tribal chiefs over the killing of seven Egyptian Copts east of Libya, a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
The statement added that the Egyptian ambassador, who is currently in Egypt, received information on seven bodies that were discovered tied up and shot dead in the area of Geroutha, 30 km west of Ajdabiya City. The bodies were transferred to hospital in an ambulance.
The driver and paramedic who transferred the bodies were also attacked and injured by gunmen. Coptic churches have been assaulted in Libya over the past two years and a number of Egyptians were detained over charges of preaching Christianity.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
