IS militants take over radio stations in Libya

A group of gunmen took control of two radio stations in Libya's
western city of Sirte, and aired statements of the Islamic State
militant group, local residents said on Friday.
The armed group, claiming to be IS members, expelled all staff at
"Free Voice" and "Radio Mikdashi," and broadcast verses of Koran and
IS propaganda contents, including speeches of IS chief Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi and the group's spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, said a
resident who decline to disclose his name.
Some Jihadist groups' social webpage also circulated pictures showing
armed men sitting in the recording studio.
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Another Libyan national said the gunmen also took over the city
council, and made it their headquarters.
Earlier, local media reports suggested that the IS, an al-Qaida
splinter group now controlling large part of Iraq and Syria, has
already set up a permanent base near Sirte. Some militants paraded in
recent weeks with their armed vehicles in nearby towns, waving their
iconic black flag.
Libya is now deadlocked in a dogfight between the pro-secular army and
Islamist militants. The turmoil makes an ideal hotbed and recruiting
ground for terrorism.
On Jan. 27, an IS affiliate in Libya targeted the biggest hotel in the
capital of Tripoli, killing nine people and injuring dozens.
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