They launched a campaign on social media under the hashtag ‘Khatafo El Aris’ [Arabic for They Kidnapped the Groom], which went viral on Facebook in 2015, following his ‘disappearance’. In August, video footage released by IS’ Egyptian branch the Sinai Province displayed activities of their ‘Islamic police’ carried out against residents of North Sinai. Unlike numerous other leading figures of Sinai Province, who have appeared in other recordings, the face of al-Masry appeared unmasked. Social media users, and others affiliated with the MB, identified Masry as Mohamed Magdy al-Daleai, an engineering student alleged to have disappeared. The scenes in the video have since proved that al-Masry was in fact the allegedly missing student and is believed to be a member of Sinai Province, due to the date of his disappearance on April 19 2015.

Source: Egypt Independent November 06, 2017 13:41 UTC