Islamist terrorists detonated three bomb cars Friday, killing 45 people and injuring 70, in the eastern Libyan town of Qubba. ISIS claimed the attack was in revenge for Egyptian air strikes earlier this week on its bases near the town of Darnah.
Video apparently showing murder of 21 people comes as extremist jihadis gain support as violence grows following overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011
The latest video horror apparently released by the Islamic State (Isis) shows the mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya and underlines the alarming spread of the jihadi group far from the familiar killing fields of Syria and Iraq.
The gruesome film – the victims again kneeling in orange jumpsuits – confirms what had been signalled a few days ago by Isis propagandists. The language directed at these Arab Christians is as hateful and sectarian as that employed against Shia Muslims and the western journalists and aid workers whose murder by Isis has so far attracted most attention internationally.