THE FAQS: ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS 21 EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS IN LIBYA

By: American Decency Staff

What just happened in Libya?

Islamic State (IS) released a video on Sunday that appeared to show the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. The footage showing the deaths of the Egyptian martyrs appeared on the Twitter feed of a website that supports IS.

In the video, militants in black marched the captives, dressed in orange overalls, to a beach the group said was near Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The victims—all men—were forced down onto their knees and then beheaded.

A caption on the five-minute video read: “The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church.” Before the killings, one of the militants stood with a knife in his hand and said: “Safety for you crusaders is something you can only wish for. . . The sea you have hidden Sheikh Osama Bin Laden's body in, we swear to Allah we will mix it with your blood.”



The militant speaker then pointed northward and said, “We will conquer Rome, by Allah's permission.”



The video is one of the first showing beheadings by IS affiliated group outside their core territory in Syria and Iraq.

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