Video purports to show ISIS militants beheading Christian hostages
A video released on Sunday by militants
in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic
State terror grouppurports to show the mass beheading of Coptic
Christian hostages. The video, which appeared on the Twitter
feed of a website that supports Islamic State, appears to show
militants dressed in blank marching captives to a beach. Before
the killings, one of the militants stood holding a knife in his hand
and said: "O Crusaders, safety for you will be only wishes,
especially when you’re fighting us all together. Therefore, we will
fight you all together, until the war lays down its burdens, and
Jesus, peace be upon him, will descend, breaking the cross, killing
the swine and abolishing jiziyah. The prisoners were then forced
down to their knees, and then beheaded. The militant speaker then
pointed northward and said, "We will conquer Rome, by Allah's
and then beheaded. The militant speaker then pointed northward
and said, "We will conquer Rome, by Allah's permission."
in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic
State terror grouppurports to show the mass beheading of Coptic
Christian hostages. The video, which appeared on the Twitter
feed of a website that supports Islamic State, appears to show
militants dressed in blank marching captives to a beach. Before
the killings, one of the militants stood holding a knife in his hand
and said: "O Crusaders, safety for you will be only wishes,
especially when you’re fighting us all together. Therefore, we will
fight you all together, until the war lays down its burdens, and
Jesus, peace be upon him, will descend, breaking the cross, killing
the swine and abolishing jiziyah. The prisoners were then forced
down to their knees, and then beheaded. The militant speaker then
pointed northward and said, "We will conquer Rome, by Allah's
and then beheaded. The militant speaker then pointed northward
and said, "We will conquer Rome, by Allah's permission."
The Associated Press contributed to this report
