19-11-2024 12:40 AM Jerusalem Timing

Egypt Copt Found Decapitated in Sinai

Egypt Copt Found Decapitated in Sinai

A Coptic Christian man was found decapitated on Thursday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula five days after he was kidnapped by gunmen

Egypttian army in SinaiA Coptic Christian man was found decapitated on Thursday in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula five days after he was kidnapped by gunmen, security officials and witnesses told AFP.
  
The man was found with his hands and feet bound and his head severed in the Sheikh Zuwayed area of north Sinai, they said. A security official said "extremist groups" had captured the man on Saturday, the same day that a Coptic priest was killed.

The Sinai has been plagued by security problems since early 2011 when president Hosni Mubarak was ousted.