Dhaka, May 30 -- The man said he was hiding in a Libyan citizen's home after escaping unharmed, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday, a day after the killings by the family of a human trafficker to avenge him.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said in a video message that there were 38 Bangladeshi migrants at the site of the massacre in the town of Mizda and that 11 injured survivors were taken to a hospital in Zintan.

Five of the injured were in critical condition, the foreign minister said. Four African migrants were also killed in the bloodbath.

Citing the survivor, Momen said the Bangladeshi migrants started for Tripoli from Benghazi with the traffickers 15 days ago, but members of a militia took them hostage in Mizda....