A little known Egyptian group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior Egyptian army officer outside his suburban Cairo home. The claim came in a statement by the "Banner of the Revolution" posted late Saturday on social media accounts known to be sympathetic to militant groups. He had recently served in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces have been fighting Islamic militants for years. The statement claimed the attack was in part in revenge for the killing earlier this month by security forces of Mohammed Kamal, a senior official of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood. Before statement, suspicion had focused on the local affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group leading the fight against security forces in Sinai and on Hasm, or "Decisiveness," a shadowy group suspected of links to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Source: Egypt Independent October 23, 2016 09:33 UTC