South Sudanese Christians are being targeted by Islamic State militants, the daughter of one of their victims says.
South Sudanese woman Asunta, 23, told her father, Kuol Gai Wek Ajak, had been beheaded in Libya on October 20 in an IS video posted on IS's affiliated websites.
The man identified himself as South Sudanese and relatives immediately identified him as Kuol Gei.
"What I've heard is that he was killed because he is a Christian from South Sudan," she said.
"The killlers' message said that Muslims in South Sudan are being mistreated and they are taking revenge by killing my father.
"I have not seen much but I saw my father's picture. I have not seen the video that shows his killing.
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Asunta, who has been living and studying in Egypt and staying with family members, said her father had moved to Libya in the 1990s.
She had been communicating with him via telephone after he advised her to leave for Egypt to go to university.
"Dad told me to go to Egypt and he promised he would return to Sudan," she said.
"His problem was his Sudanese passport, and the Libyan crisis began before he could get his new passport."
Kuol Gei was born in Pamuk village in Twic County and had a brother and two sisters.
In the 1990s Kuol Gei moved to Khartoum to work as general labourer. He worked as a driver with Médecins Sans Frontières before moving to Libya.
"He was in Tripoli but when the crisis started he went to Bengazi," she said.
"He tried to escape many times but never got a way out.
"During the crisis, especially this year, he told me there was a poor network coverage. The last time we spoke was in June 2015.
"The last time we spoke he said he had been in a difficult situation, 'but thank God now I'm safe; I will now send your university fees'. He said he was going to channel the money through one of his friends.
"Soon after that conversation I tried to call him but his number was not working."
Asunta said family members came to her with the news of her father's death.
Her siblings are still living in Khartoum, Sudan and her mother is in North Sudan.
"South Sudanese officials from the embassy came and they also briefed me," she said.
"They also promised they will try to coordinate with Libya to recover the body of my father.
"Now I was supposed to be at University but this situation now prevented me from returning back to classes.
"I still hope that I will fulfill my education but I Ieave that to God to help me reach my dream; he is the one who understands the future of a person in my situation.
"This will not scare me off. I will continue to pursue my dream."
