MASS EVACUATION Egyptians, who were formerly residing in Libya, wait for their departure from Djerba airport on the Tunisian-Libyan border, for a flight evacuating them to Cairo on Tuesday. AFP PHOTO
MASS EVACUATION
Egyptians, who were formerly residing in Libya, wait for their departure from Djerba airport on the Tunisian-Libyan border, for a flight evacuating them to Cairo on Tuesday. AFP PHOTO

CAIRO: Almost 15,000 Egyptians have flocked home from war-torn Libya via the border crossing at Sallum, state media reported on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), after Islamic State (IS) group jihadists murdered 21 Coptic Christians.

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