CAIRO – 18 April 2021: A 62-year-old Copt was executed by the Islamic State (IS) in a video released on Sunday, where IS militants threatened Christians of Egypt and warned them that their fate will be like their elderly victim. Nabil Habashy Salama said in the video he had been in IS’s captivity for over three months. He added that he established a church in Beir el-Abd town in North Sinai, and that the Orthodox Church in Egypt collaborates with the army and intelligence to fight IS. He was killed with a single bullet to the back of his head as he was kneeling while the militants stood behind him. Addressing people who support the army and calling them “apostates,” they said the army “cannot even protect itself, oh fools, we have come to you with cut-throats.”

Source: Egypt Today April 18, 2021 19:30 UTC