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IS video purports to show Christians killed

The video purports to show the killings of around 30 Ethiopian Christians
The video purports to show the killings of around 30 Ethiopian Christians

The self-styled Islamic State group has released a video purportedly showing the executions of around 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya.

The footage released online shows one group of about 12 men being beheaded by militants on a beach.

It also shows another group of at least 16 being shot in the head in a desert area.

A text on the screen identifies the men as "followers of the cross from the enemy Ethiopian Church".