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.
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.
Egyptian Streets reports that el-Habashy says in the video he helped build a church that had been “cooperating with the Egyptian armed forces and intelligence services to combat terrorism in the region.”
"As for you Christians of Egypt, this is the price you are paying for supporting the Egyptian army," the executioner warns in the video before shooting el-Habashy in the back of the head, according to AFP.
