However, Libya is no longer safe for Christians. On 23 December, two Coptic doctors in Sirte were shot and killed in their home in front of their children. Their teenage daughter was taken captive and her bullet-riddled body dumped in the desert two days later. On 29 December, seven Copts were abducted while driving back to Egypt from Sirte. Then, on 3 January, 13 Copts were abducted when jihadists raided the complex where they were living, calling for them by name. Expelled from the complex, the remaining Copts hid in farms until arrangements could be made for them to be smuggled out of Libya. On 12 January, the IS affiliate in Libya claimed responsibility, posting photos of the captives online (without any ransom demand) and boasting: ‘The soldiers of the Islamic State in the province of Tripoli hold captive 21 Christian crusaders’.