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Asharq Al-Awsat
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UN: ISIS Kills 6 Captives in Libya

Smoke rises following an air strike as Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government gather after they captured a new area from ISIS via REUTERS

ISIS terrorist militants have killed six people captured during an attack on a town in central Libya in October, according to a statement by the UN mission to Libya.

The statement, which came late Monday, condemned the killing as "particularly abhorrent."

No further details were provided.

The six were captured on Oct. 28 during an attack on the town of al-Fuqaha, located south of the coastal city of Sirte, a former ISIS-held bastion, AP reported.

The attack, in which the militants torched the local police station along with two houses, killed at least four people. The mayor's son and two policemen were among the dead.

The UN mission also denounced the shutdown of one of Libya's largest oilfields by an armed group.

The state-owned National Oil Corporation imposed a "force majeure" Sunday on exports from the el-Sharara oilfield after local gunmen impersonating guards seized control of the facility.

The UN said forced shutdown, if sustained, will result in a production loss of 388,000 barrels a day out of Libya's current output of one million barrels per day, according to AP.

It called for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the armed men from the area.

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