Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers

May 19, 2013 @ 9:14 am


An Egyptian border policeman shouts at the closed Rafah, Sinai border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the abduction of his colleagues last Thursday in northern Sinai, in Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people from going in or out of the Palestinian territory. Scores of protesting Egyptian police have also shut down the Awja commercial border crossing with Israel Sunday. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT | Zoom

CAIRO (AP) - Seven members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants have appeared in a video posted on the Internet, urging the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands.

The six policemen and one border guard were abducted on Thursday as they traveled from posts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to Cairo.

In a video posted Sunday on YouTube, the men are shown blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs. They tell the camera that they have been tortured, and ask President Mohammed Morsi and his defense minister to agree to the kidnappers' demands and release jailed militants.

A security official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media identified the captives in the video as the missing security personnel.


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  • hnuh wrote...
    A very
    March 11, 2013 8:09 am
    springy Arab spring! Militias! Here in the US the nasty militias'd be getting missile visits from predator drones if the administration had its way.
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