Egypt jihadist group releases video of beheadings
An Egyptian jihadist group released a video Sunday showing
the execution of four men, including three being beheaded, accused of spying
for the army and for Israel 's
Mossad intelligence service, reports AFP.
It is the second time such gruesome footage has been released
by Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem), the deadliest militant group
based in Egypt 's
insurgency-hit Sinai region.
A similar video of beheadings was released by the group on
August 28, showing the decapitation of four men also accused of being
"Israeli informants".
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis says it supports the Islamic State (IS)
group which has seized swathes of territory in Iraq
and Syria ,
but has not pledged formal allegiance to it.
Sunday's video, released on Twitter, features parts of a
September speech by IS spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani directed at Sinai
jihadists, urging them to kill Egyptian security personnel.
The footage then shows the execution of four men after their
recorded "confessions".
One was shot dead after saying he worked with the Egyptian
army, while the other three were beheaded after saying they worked for Mossad.
Before being killed, the men called on other
"spies" to repent publicly, saying the militants knew who they were
and that they would not be spared.
The footage also shows jihadists manning checkpoints and
searching for "spies".
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel has seen fighting
between militants and security forces after the army ousted Islamist president
Mohamed Morsi in July last year.
Militants have killed scores of security personnel, saying
the attacks are in retaliation for a brutal government crackdown since Morsi 's
ouster.
The authorities have launched a sweeping crackdown on his
supporters which has left at least 1,400 people dead and more than 15,000
jailed.
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