ISIL video claims to show killing of Ethiopian Christians

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isil kills Ethioian ChristiansA video claiming to show the killing of Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State-affiliated militants in Libya has been released online.

The 29-minute video appears to show militants holding two groups of captives, one by an affiliate in eastern Libya known as Barka Province and the other by the Fazzan Province, an affiliate in the south.

A masked fighter wielding a pistol says Christians must convert to Islam or pay a special tax prescribed by the Quran, before the captives in the south are shown being shot dead and the captives in the east are beheaded on a beach.

In January, militants loyal to the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS and ISIL, claimed responsibility for an attack on the Corinthia hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli that left 10 people including an American and four other foreigners dead.

Extremist groups, including some that have pledged allegiance to ISIL, have risen in the country since the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

In February, Egypt began airstrikes against ISIL targets in Libya hours after militants released a video purporting to show the mass beheading of Egyptian Christian hostages.

ISIL controls vast swaths of Syria and neighboring Iraq. The extremists were recently driven out of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit by Iraqi forces and allied Shiite militias, helped by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes.

The battle for Tikrit was seen as a key step toward driving the militants out of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.

USA Today

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3 responses to “ISIL video claims to show killing of Ethiopian Christians”

  1. It isn’t until the 25 minute mark that the full gore of the 29 minute video begins to showcase itself with commentators on the web once again debating why the US repeatedly declines to intervene and what moral or ethical responsibility it may have as the terrorist group continues to goad with its state of the art video production values….

    http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2015/04/new-isis-execution-video-30-ethiopian-christians/

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Avoid watching it then … a bore of a blood-bath in propaganda. It’s enough to know it happened.
      And who did it.

      1. Hind Abyad Avatar
        Hind Abyad

        Expensive uniforms you’d think they’re Americans with all the gears and pockets while others dress in black (?) I’m mad as Hell..It’s Turkey and Israel..you don’t believe me, both refuse to recognize Armenian and Assyrian genocide.

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