IS Egypt affiliate threatens to kill Croatian hostage in 48 hours

Salopek, who works for Ardiseis Egypt, a unit of French firm CGG, which specializes in oil and gas geology, said he was abducted by the Daesh-linked militants on July 22.

In the video, the hostage, identified as Tomislav Salopek, said he works in Cairo for the France-based geophysical company CGG, adding that he had been kidnapped two weeks ago by the “Soldiers of the Sinai wilaya”. Zagreb said it was doing all it could to resolve the situation.

Egypt, a majority Muslim country, now holds thousands of Islamists and suspected supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group in prison following the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. “Ardiseis Egypt acknowledges that he is the hostage appearing on the video released today by the Sinai Province of Islamic State”, the company said in a statement.

Croatia’s Foreign Ministry late last month that one of its nationals with the same initials had been kidnapped in Cairo.

Croatia’s foreign ministry reported on July 24 that a group of armed men had abducted a Croatian citizen in Egypt, identified as T.S.

A masked militant in fatigues stands near Salopek, a knife visible in his hand.

Egyptian officers didn’t instantly touch upon the video, which was launched the day earlier than the nation plans to unveil an $eight.5-billion extension of the Suez Canal.

“The soldiers of Islamic State…”

This isn’t the primary time that militants claiming allegiance to Islamic State have taken goal at overseas pursuits in Egypt. Final month, the Italian Consulate in Cairo in a bombing that killed one individual.

The Croatian says he was captured on Wednesday, July 22, 2015.

“They need to substitute me for the Muslim womans arrested in Egyptian prisons”, the person says in awkward English. This matter has to be achieved before 48 hours from now.

Wilayet Sinai is the Arabic name for Sinai Province.

According to a statement from the Croatian Foreign Ministry, Minister Pusic is in contact with her Egyptian counterpart and will travel to Cairo in accordance with their agreement.

The Egyptian government had no immediate comment on the video Wednesday. Hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed in militant attacks, largely in the Sinai Peninsula.