CAIRO (AP) — An online image circulated Wednesday purported to show the beheading of a Croatian hostage held by the Islamic State group's Egyptian affiliate, the first such killing of a foreign captive in Egypt since the extremists set up a branch here.
The killing of the 30-year-old oil and gas sector surveyor likely will rattle companies with expatriate workers in Egypt and cast a cloud over President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's attempts to boost international investment to revive the economy, battered by years of turmoil.
The still image, shared by Islamic State sympathizers on social media, showed the apparent body of Tomislav Salopek, a married, father of two, wearing a beige jumpsuit looking like the one he had worn in a previous video. A black flag used by the Islamic State group and a knife were planted in the sand next to him.
The photo carried a caption in Arabic that said Salopek was killed "for his country's participation in the war against the Islamic State," and after a deadline had passed for the Egyptian government to meet their demands.
The picture also contained an inset of two Egyptian newspaper reports, with one headline declaring Croatia's support of Egypt in its war against terrorism and extremism and another saying Croatia reiterated its support for the Kurdistan region. Croatian troops also were part of the coalition forces in Iraq and they still serve in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan.
Egyptian Foreign Ministry officials were not immediately available for comment. An official at the Croatian Embassy in Cairo who refused to give his name said the embassy cannot comment on the incident. The Croatian Foreign Ministry declined to immediately comment.
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Croation Hostage
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Sadly this was the outcome that everyone expected. I just find it strange as to the demands made for his release, the freeing of all female prisoners, considering that IS routinely rape women and young girls and it is even reported that they burn them alive. Even though this group is only an affiliate member of IS, you would of thought that they all played by the same animistic rules.
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