IS threatens to execute Croatian abducted in Egypt

The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened Wednesday to execute within 48 hours a Croatian man kidnapped in Cairo last month if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed, According to AFP. In a video posted online by the jihadists, the Croatian, who was working for a French company, appears kneeling at the feet of a hooded man holding a knife. He reads from a sheet of paper that he will be executed within 48 hours if the Egyptian government fails to release Muslim women held in prisons. "The Croatian government and the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry are doing everything to resolve the difficult situation of the Croatian citizen T.S. as soon as possible," the ministry said. "Given the very difficult and sensitive circumstances at this moment we are not at liberty to give more detailed information," the ministry said.