...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) released a video showing three holy warriors shooting an elderly Christian in the head, the Egyptian interior ministry said on Monday its security forces killed three holy warriors involved in the incident in North Sinai.
An ISIS speaker in the video said the execution of Nabil El-Habashy, which took place in North Sinai’s Bir El-Abd, comes as a result of his cooperation with the Egyptian army.
The interior ministry in a statement said the three elements were planning to execute a number of hostile acts that target Christian citizens, their properties, and their places of worship.
They also planned to target army and police forces, the statement added.
The forces blockaded the holy warriors while driving a pick-up truck in al-Abtal area in North Sinai and came under heavy gunfire from the elements once they noticed the police presence.
Firing back, the security forces killed the three elements and detonated an boom belt one of them was wearing, according to the statement.
Three automatic rifles, an boom belt, a grenade, and bullets were found with the terrorists, the statement noted.
The statement said the security forces are pursuing other holy warriors involved in El-Habashy’s killing, including Gehad Ouda, Ahmed Shahata, and Khaled Hussein.
Two dead holy warriors were identified. One of them is Mohammed Salem Zeyada, aka Ammar, a highly dangerous terrorist, the statement said.
Ammar planned and executed many terrorist incidents in North Sinai and was in charge of securing logistic support for the elements, the statement explained.
The second element is Youssef Ibrahim Salim, aka Abu Mohammed, who executed many terrorist operations and assisted Ammar in securing logistic support.
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