Those in the second car attempted to take another way, but had no alternative to el-Hamam. A group of armed people stopped them and took them to the security camp without aggressing them. But once their Christian identities were revealed, they were mocked and ridiculed by the armed people. Their money and devices were confiscated. Christian pictures and books in their personal effects were also taken away.
At the security camp they found at least 400 Egyptians; most of them were Christian Copts who were treated in worse ways than the others.
Milad Mina affirmed that he and his colleagues saw over 30 Christians being tortured and their heads shaved. Ice water was poured on their bodies on accusations of proselytizing. He added that Copts in Libya are ordinary people struggling for living; Bible and prayer books in their possession were for their personal use.
He signaled that they were imprisoned for five days, during which they received little food and poor treatment. They were forced to transfer heavy armament from trucks to the stores, including missiles, machine guns and boxes of bombs.
He added, “We appeared in front of an investigator who asked us about our work and how we entered Libya then he demanded us to sign the minutes without allowing us read them. They deported us to the borders without restoring our possessions. Only 11 persons were released, but many others were still kept.”
He signaled that groups of Egyptians were arrested and others deported, but large numbers remained in the camps. He added that the Christians face serious a situation in Benghazi, stressing that anybody with a cross tattooed on their wrists were arrested and attacked. A special reward of 50 dinars was paid to anyone who would reveal a Copt in the city.
The Coptic returnee attacked Egypt’s presidency and government that left the Egyptians as a target for the insult and imprisonment abroad without any response. He added, “the Egyptian president failed to ask about arrested citizens during his recent meeting with the Libyan prime minister.”
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