Executed journalist Sofiene Chourabi at his office in Tunis, September, 2012.

TUNIS — The Libyan branch of the “Islamic State” jihadist group on Thursday claimed to have killed two Tunisian journalists who went missing in September.

In a statement released on jihadist websites showing pictures of Sofiene Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari, IS said it had “applied the law of Allah” against them.

In October, last year, Tunisian Prime Minister Mongi Hamdi urged Libya to locate two Tunisian journalists.

Investigative journalist Sofiene Chourabi and photographer Nadhir Ktari disappeared on Sept. 8 in the eastern Libyan region of Ajdabiya.

According to media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the pair were first seized by a militia in the eastern city of Brega on Sept. 6 but later released.

They disappeared again, probably seized by another armed group.

Libya has been rocked by violence and political instability since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed veteran dictator Moamer Gadhafi.

Two separate governments and rival parliaments are vying for power, as militias lock horns in deadly fighting in several parts of the North African country.

RSF last month called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of the two journalists.

Chourabi is the host and producer of the program “Dossiyates” for Tunisia’s First TV, RSF said in September, and was investigating the situation on the Tunisian-Libyan border.