Daesh Executes 5 Egyptians Accused of Aiding Army
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Daesh (ISIL) in Egypt claims to have executed five men it accused of working for the army, which is battling the extremists in the Sinai Peninsula.
In a series of photos published on the secure messaging app Telegram, five men presented as army "elements" are seen lying face down on the ground before a militant shoots them in the back of their heads with an assault rifle, the SITE intelligence group said.
Terrorists have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen since the military overthrow of ex-president Mohamed Mursi in 2013 unleashed a bloody crackdown on his supporters.
The crackdown decimated the movement and killed hundreds of his followers, and set off an extremist insurgency that has killed hundreds of security personnel.
Most of the attacks have taken place in the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip, but attacks have also been carried out in other areas including Cairo.
The Egyptian army announced Friday that it had killed "500 terrorists" since it launched a wide-ranging security operation in the Sinai in September 2015, AFP reported.
In October 2015, Daesh claimed the downing of a plane carrying Russian tourists home from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which killed all 224 people on board.
