Militant leader explains targeting Egypt soldiers
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A leader of a Sinai-based extremist group has said his militants killed Egyptian soldiers because they serve an apostate army and those who are fighting Islam and killing Muslims.
Abu Osama al-Masri, the leader of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis or Champions of Jerusalem, made the statement in an audio recording released on the group's Twitter account late Friday. His group has claimed a series of deadly attacks targeting Egyptian security forces since the military's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year.
