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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Sinai militant group says it beheaded four Egyptians

Thu, 28/08/2014 - 12:37
Four Sinai people killed by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis for spying for Israel
Reuters
http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/sinai-militant-group-says-it-beheaded-four-egyptians

A Sinai-based militant group said on Thursday it had beheaded four
Egyptians, accusing them of providing Israel with intelligence for an
airstrike that killed three of its fighters.

Four headless corpses were found in the Sinai Peninsula earlier this month,
security sources said -- the first time that any decapitations had been made
public in Egypt.

The men had been abducted by gunmen two days earlier while driving in the
town of Sheikh Zuwaid, which is just a few kilometers from the Gaza Strip.

In a video released on Twitter, Egypt's most dangerous militant group, Ansar
Bayt al-Maqdis, said the four men had been spying for Israel's Mossad spy
agency.

Armed men in black masks stood over the kneeling captives as one of the
militants read out a statement. Minutes later, the four men had their heads
cuts off.

The filmed killings was reminiscent of images posted on the Internet by
Islamic State, which has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria, suggesting
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis might have been inspired by the group, notorious for
beheadings and executions.

The Sinai militants are not believed to be officially linked to Islamic
State insurgents. However, Egyptian intelligence officials say the group has
influenced Egyptian militants who are based just over the border with Libya.

The officials say the Libya-based fighters have also established contacts
with Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.

Though the four dead men were civilians, security sources had said initially
that they might have been targeted for their perceived allegiance to the
police and army.

In the video, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis presented what it said were confessions
by the men. Two of them said they had spent time in Israeli jails for
smuggling. The other two said Mossad had paid them for information.

The group said the men provided intelligence used in an airstrike on July 23
in northern Sinai that killed three of its fighters. At the time, the
Egyptian army said no Israeli aircraft or drones had crossed into Egyptian
airspace.

Militants in the Sinai have stepped up attacks on policemen and soldiers
since then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled President Mohamed Mursi
of the Muslim Brotherhood in July 2013.

The attacks initially targeted security forces in Sinai -- a remote but
strategic part of Egypt located between Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Suez
Canal -- but they have since extended their reach, with bombings on the
mainland.

The violence has hurt tourism, a pillar of the economy.

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