Manila, April 23 -- The Philippine government is working with Lebanese authorities to pursue justice for two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were held hostage and killed by their employer in Beirut.

Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, in an online press briefing on Thursday, said the two domestic workers were fatally shot on April 15 as the police tried to rescue the victims.

"There was a hostage-taking incident involving our two compatriots. They are two domestic workers working in a household in Beirut, Lebanon, and unfortunately, the hostage-taking incident, the police were there, but the hostage-taking incident did not successfully rescue our two compatriots," he said.

Cacdac said the two OFWs were f...