Tunisians protest killing of journalists by ISIL

  Demonstrators have staged a massive rally in Tunis to voice their anger against the death of two Tunisian journalists who were allegedly killed by the ISIL    terrorist group in      neighboring Libya. On Friday, hundreds of demonstrators poured into the streets in the capital city to express their outrage over the brutal  killing of investigative journalist  Sofiene Chourabi and photographer Nadhir Ktari.

  The crowd of demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans as they held pictures of Chourabi and Ktari. "Down with any president, as long as Tunisian blood    means  nothing," the participants at the rally shouted. The angry protesters also accused Tunisian government authorities of failing to secure the release of the    journalists, and of  inaction after their slaughter. During the rally, the family and relatives of the journalists said they want the truth about the circumstances  surrounding their death. "We want the  truth. We are fed up with rumors,” Chourabi's mother said.

"We need something tangible. You (the authorities) have lied to us for too long," a cousin of Ktari told reporters at the demonstration.The latest rally came days after five detainees in Libya admitted to killing five crew members of a local television network and the Tunisian journalists. Libya’s internationally-  recognized government said in a statement on Wednesday that the detainees, two Libyans and three Egyptians, had admitted their responsibility in the  murders of Chourabi  and Ktari, who had gone missing in September last year. The ISIL Takfiri militants had previously claimed responsibility for the death of the journalists. In October 2014,  Tunisia urged Libya to locate the two journalists, who had gone missing in the eastern Ajdabiya region. Back then, Chourabi and Ktari were said to have been  seized by an  armed group in Libya. According to Human Rights Watch, journalists and reporters are constantly being targeted by armed groups in Libya. Insecurity remains high in Libya,  four years after the 2011 uprising against the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi. The ouster of Gaddafi gave rise to a patchwork of heavily-  armed militias and deep political  divisions.