Egyptian authorities on Sunday carried out the death sentence against six people convicted of joining a “terrorist organisation,” a security source has said.
“On Sunday morning, the death sentence was carried out against six terrorist elements arrested during a raid on a location belonging to Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group in the village of Arab Sharkas in the northern province of Qalioubiya,” a security source, requesting anonymity, told Anadolu Agency.
Active in northern Sinai, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis militant group changed its name into Welayet Sinai [Province of Sinai] after reportedly swearing allegiance to ISIS, which last year seized control of vast swathes of territory in both Iraq and Syria.
The group has claimed responsibility for several attacks against Egyptian police and army personnel in the peninsula in recent months.
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