Pope Francis on Monday condemned the killing of twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians hostages by Islamic State militants in Libya, according to a Vatican Radio report. “The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out,” he told a delegation from Scotland on Monday. “If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important: They are Christians. The blood is the same: It is the blood which confesses Christ.” The hostages, said to be laborers from Egypt, are now “martyrs,” Francis said.
The Libyan extremist group, which swears loyalty to ISIS, released a five-minute video Sunday showing militants with knives killing 21 people wearing orange jumpsuits on a beach.
Egyptian authorities confirmed the authenticity of the video, and President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi launched air strikes against targets in Libya hours after vowing to avenge the deaths.
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