Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the leaked video footage, which is claimed to be from a military operation in North Sinai shows individuals wearing Egyptian Armed Forces uniforms executing unarmed men, is "fake". The video footage, which went viral last month and sparked allegations regarding Egypt’s human rights violations, shows a bearded man speaking in a local Sinai accent executing at least two civilians. As the video proceeds, men in Egyptian military uniforms lead blindfolded men, force them to kneel down and then execute them by firing several bullets. After the executions were completed, the men seen in military uniforms were seen to be planting weapons next to the bodies of the deceased. According to Sinai 24, the Awabda brothers disappeared after the military arrested them in Rafah on July 18, 2016.

Source: Egypt Independent May 07, 2017 15:11 UTC