Islamic State terror group kills 7 in Egypt

Islamic State terror group kills 7 in Egypt

EL-ARISH, Egypt — In Egypt’s North Sinai province, the Islamic State (IS) terror group has killed seven Christians in three weeks and hundreds have fled for their lives, according to The Christian Post.

IS released a video recently threatening Christians in Egypt and implying responsibility for the December 2016 bombing of Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, which is the seat of the Coptic Christian pope. At least 28 people died in the blast.

Then on Feb. 23 when Kamel Youssef was shot in front of his wife and children, it marked the seventh killing in North Sinai since Jan. 30, according to the Post.

An unnamed priest from el-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, said the number fleeing is unprecedented. “You feel like this is all meant to force us to leave our homes,” he said. “We became like refugees.” (TAB)