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| Fourth beheading, this time of a captured soldier |
| 2014-11-14 |
| [Libya Herald] A fourth man has been beheaded in a savage execution by gunnies which, as with the Derna murder of three young social activists on Tuesday, was again filmed and posted on social media. The latest victim was a soldier with Khalifa Hafter's Operation Dignity Forces. It is unclear when and how Ahmed Muftah el-Nazihi was taken prisoner, nor where he was executed. The young man was filmed making a brief statement in which he warned that others would meet the same fate as him if they did not abandon the fight against Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... . His head was then cut off with a knife and laid on his body. Nazihi's murder follows the beheading on three young Derna bloggers who had posted social-media comments on events in the town, which were critical of its warring Islamist militias. Siraj Ghatish, Mohammed Battu and Mohammed al-Mesmari were kidnapped at the beginning of this month. |
| Posted by:Fred |