Filipina nurse kidnapped, raped in Libya’s Tripoli—medics, security

OFWs from Libya INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

TRIPOLI—Unknown kidnappers on Wednesday seized a Filipina nurse in the Libyan capital, held her for several hours and raped her, medics and security officials said.

A health ministry statement said the incident could push the Philippines government to speed up the evacuation of its citizens, 3,000 of whom work in Libya as doctors and nurses, as the country sinks further into chaos.

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