location: Bir Masaid
notes: A police driver kidnapped on 24 August was publicly shot dead on 25 August by suspected militants from the local Islamic State affiliate in Sinai. Three masked militants and the policeman arrived at the residential al-Masaeed district of the coastal city of el-Arish in a green pickup truck. The policeman, blindfolded with his arms and legs tied by a robe, was then brought out and shot twice in the head before the militants returned to the car and sped away.
target_text: location: Bir Masaid, fatalities: 1