Families of 16 kidnapped Egyptians in Libya cry at Al-Herda village in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt November 20, 2018. Picture taken November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
AL-HERDA, Egypt (Reuters) - Armed men in an eastern Libyan city have kidnapped 16 Egyptian workers over a financial dispute between Libyan contractors and their Egyptian partner, residents of the workers' home village said.
The incident revived concerns over the fate of thousands of Egyptians, most of them working as cheap labourers, in Libya -- a country torn by lawlessness since Western-backed rebels toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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