AFP, Tripoli :
Gunmen claiming to be members of the Islamic State jihadist group have seized control of a state-run radio station in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte, residents said Friday.
Jihadist websites also posted pictures showing armed men sitting in front of microphones in a broadcasting studio and brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifles.
“They took Radio Sirte yesterday (Thursday). Since then they have been broadcasting (verses from) the Koran and speeches by (IS chief Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi,” a resident of the central city told AFP by telephone.
The resident said speeches of IS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani were also being played on the air.
Gunmen claiming to be members of the Islamic State jihadist group have seized control of a state-run radio station in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte, residents said Friday.
Jihadist websites also posted pictures showing armed men sitting in front of microphones in a broadcasting studio and brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifles.
“They took Radio Sirte yesterday (Thursday). Since then they have been broadcasting (verses from) the Koran and speeches by (IS chief Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi,” a resident of the central city told AFP by telephone.
The resident said speeches of IS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani were also being played on the air.
