Islamic State-linked group executes Egyptian Copts, Sinai tribesmen in video

In the gruesome video, the Sinai Province militants warned other Christians against cooperating with the Egyptian military.
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A picture taken on July 26, 2018, shows Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish. - KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images
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A group affiliated with the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a video showing the execution of a Coptic Christian man and two others, the latest in a wave of insurgent attacks in Egypt's Sinai region. 

A 13-minute video uploaded to Telegram by the IS-linked Sinai Province on Saturday shows the shooting death of Nabil el-Habashy, a 62-year-old Copt from Bir al-Abd city in the northern Sinai region. 

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