[IsraelTimes] Police say they pursued the kidnappers after the incident, killing one and wounding two, but could not free the hostageEgyptian security officials said Islamic holy warriors have kidnapped a Christian man traveling in a communal taxi in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
They did not identify the man, but said police pursued the kidnappers after the incident, killing one of them and wounding two others in a firefight, but could not free the hostage.
Two coppers were also maimed in the firefight, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
Terrorists led by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group have been fighting security forces in Sinai for years. Since 2016, they have killed more than 100 Christians in attacks targeting churches and buses carrying pilgrims to remote monasteries.
Scores of Christian families have fled Sinai following attacks by bad boys.