ISIL threatened execution Croatians kidnapped in Cairo
A Croatian citizen was kidnapped in the second half of July in the capital of Egypt, where he worked as an employee of a French company.
Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatened execution kidnapped a Croatian citizen, according to Anatolia.
In the video released, members of the ISIL threatened to liquidate the hostages within 48 hours.
As the AP reported, kidnapped a Croatian citizen was detained at an unknown location in Egypt.
After stopping the video sounded the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Protection of workers
They claim that the Croatian government and Ministry have undertaken to soon resolve a difficult situation, and that because of the sensitive circumstances can not disclose details.
A Croatian citizen was kidnapped in the second half of July in Cairo, where he worked as an employee of the French company Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG).
The French company confirmed on Wednesday the identity of the kidnapped Croatian Tomislav Salopek.
"Ardiseis Egypt confirmed on Wednesday that one of our contractual workers who worked in a field team was abducted on July 22 in Cairo," said the Egyptian subsidiary of Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG).
"Ardiseis Egypt confirms that he was a hostage who appears in the video of what it said on Wednesday a group of Sinai province associated with ISIL," the statement added.
The company says that they have taken all necessary measures to protect their workers and that in this regard cooperate with local authorities.
Going to work
Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in July that is in Egypt, in the area of Cairo in commuting kidnapped a Croatian citizen.
"His car was stopped by the armed group that forced the driver to leave the vehicle and then drove off in an unknown direction," it said then in a statement the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Croatian.
He worked for the French multinational in jobs geodetic technician, then passed on the Croatian media.
He also announced that the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Croatian first moment of taking all the necessary actions, together with Croatian Ambassador in Cairo, and other Croatian institutions and in constant contact with the relevant institutions in Egypt, the European Union delegation in Cairo, the French company as well partner agencies in order to get more information about a hijacked Croatian citizen.
The Ministry is also in constant contact with the family of kidnapped man.
- 6 Aug, 2015
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