Islamic State jihadists have released a video showing the murder of 21 Egyptians, who they captured in Lybia around Christmas.
The Egyptians, dressed in orange jump suits, were beheaded after being forced down on the ground. The video appeared on the Twitter feed of a website that supports Islamic State. A caption on the five-minute video read: "The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church."
Before the killings, one of the militants stood with a knife in his hand and said: "Safety for you crusaders is something you can only wish for."
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reacted to the killings by saying Egypt reserved the right to respond in a "suitable way and time” and would enforce a strict travel ban on travel to Libya.
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