By Libya Herald reporters.
Tripoli, 17 October 2015:
IS in Derna today put out a video showing the recent murders of two men, one . . .[restrict]of whom was dragged along behind a pickup truck until he was dead. Meanwhile, in Sirte IS has crucified two other victims.
It is unclear when the Derna killings happened. A video, part of which has since been removed from social media, showed a grey bearded man, Rushdi Ageela Omran Al-Masouri, aged 43, confessing that he had been spying for the Derna Mujahadeen Shoura Council. After cutting away to some standard IS propaganda, the footage then showed the man being dragged along the ground on a rope behind a vehicle.
The second victim, Mohamed Tayib Ali Al-Amri, aged 23, sporting a neat black beard, confessed on screen to storing weapons in a house in Fataieh district, in the hills to the south east of Derna. He was then pictured digging a grave into which his body fell when he was shot. Both victims were dressed in orange jump suits. They also appeared unusually calm while they were confessing.
Both crimes were committed in the Fataieh district, which is still controlled by IS forces.
In Sirte meanwhile IS today posted a picture of the murder a Salafist, Shekih Muftah Busetta Al-Warfali, because he too was accused of being a spy, in this case for Libya Dawn. He had reportedly been arrested two months ago.
IS is also claiming that after Friday prayers, it beheaded and crucified an 84 year-old Sufi Imam, Sheikh Said Almadani after a Shari court had found him guilty of sorcery. [/restrict]
