An extremist Salafist militia in Libya captured twelve men promising to mutilate and kill them for allegedly being gay.

Twelve men face mutilation and execution for allegedly being gay after they have been captured by an extreme Libyan Islamists militia.

The twelve men were, apprently, having a private party in Ain Zara, a suburb of Tripoli, the country's capital, when the militia captured them, late on Thursday night (22 November).

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