Two British women aid workers were kidnapped and raped in front of their father after being stopped at an unofficial checkpoint in Libya. The sisters were abducted when their vehicle was stopped on the outskirts of the eastern city of Benghazi. They were taken by men in military uniforms to an isolated farm and subjected to a horrific sex attack in front of their father. Kidnap: The sisters, who are of Pakistani origin, were kidnapped on Tuesday at an unofficial checkpoint on the outskirts of Benghazi Witnesses said the young women, both Pakistan-born British citizens, were wearing veils and Free Palestine T-shirts. Libyan officials said four suspects have been arrested and security forces are trying to trace a fifth.
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Two women were abducted on the outskirts of Benghazi en route to Gaza
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Taken by men in military uniforms to an isolated farm along with their father
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Witnesses said sisters, of Pakistani origin, wearing 'Free Palestine' t-shirts
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Officials said four suspects had been arrested and are tracing a fifth person
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Deputy Prime Minister Awad al-Barassi said father witnessed the rape
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Libyan Interior Ministry blamed the incident on ‘outlaws’ and illicit checkpoint
He said he visited the victims and met their father at a Benghazi hospital to apologise on behalf of the @placeholder people and government.