Egypt police kill leading Islamic State militant in Cairo
- 9 years ago
Egyptian police said on Monday they killed a top Islamic State group operative in the capital implicated in a string of attacks including the murders of a Croat and an American.
He was also implicated in the bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo last July and the abduction of Croatian national Tomislav Salopek who was abducted in the Egyptian capital before being beheaded by IS.
A police official told AFP he had been the right-hand man of Hisham al-Eshmawi, a feared former commando who is believed to have spearheaded a string of bombings and assassinations in the capital for the militant Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group.
He was also implicated in the bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo last July and the abduction of Croatian national Tomislav Salopek who was abducted in the Egyptian capital before being beheaded by IS.
A police official told AFP he had been the right-hand man of Hisham al-Eshmawi, a feared former commando who is believed to have spearheaded a string of bombings and assassinations in the capital for the militant Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group.