Islamic State-linked group executes Egyptian Copts, Sinai tribesmen in video - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Apr 19, 2021

KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images — 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

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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