Egyptian jihadists posted a video appearing to show them shooting an Egyptian soldier and beheading another captive. The video was uploaded overnight on social networks. An individual tells the camera that he is an Egyptian soldier.
The video then shows the man getting shot by a masked militant after another unidentified captive is beheaded.
The soldier is identified as Ahmed Fathy Abou Al Fotouh Salam from Daqahliya, the Egyptian soldier had been part of a tank battalion and was stationed at a military outpost that was ambushed on April 2.
“I want to tell my mom that Ibrahim, my brother, should not join the military so that what happened to him doesn’t happen to me,” says Ahmed.
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