Local ISIS chief captured in western Libya

 

A local chief of ISIS and two aides have been captured in a city near Libya’s capital, according to the Tripoli-based government which is not internationally recognized.

 

The Tripoli interior ministry’s special forces unit, on its Facebook page, said the ISIS “emir” for Sabratha, Mohamed Saad al-Tajuri, also known as Abu Sleiman, was seized in the city, 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of the capital.

 

It did not specify his nationality or those of his two aides.