Who is Hisham Ashmawi??
Hisham Ashmawi is a former Egyptian Army officer who is currently leading a militant group in the northeastern city of Derna - Libya - was involved in the terrorist attack in Menya Bus,to St. Samuel Monastery , Egypt, which killed 30 Copts and tens of injuries , last week, the Libyan army spokesman said.
"Hisham Ashmawi, an officer who was expelled from the Egyptian army in 2012, is now a leader of the terrorist groups in Darnah and is leading terrorist operations from there,"
Hisham Ashmawi and his full name Hisham Ali Ashmawi Mas'ad Ibrahim, a 35-year-old, former officer in the Egyptian army, who served in Sinai for about 10 years until he was terminated about seven years ago by a decision of the military judiciary after the sharp Off the road and turned to extremism and embraced radical ideas and promoted among the soldiers.
Ashmawi joined 4 Police officers who are discharged "determinants"
After his dismissal, Ashmawi - his nick name is / Abu Omar al-Muhajer, he has joined a cell that included a group of terrorists, including four disbanded Police officers and others from the army. He then joined the "Ansar al-Maqdis" organization, which became the "Sinai state" after his allegiance to ISIS organization, and joined it.
Ashmawi was accused of involvement in most of the terrorist attacks in Egypt, including the attempted of the assassination of former Interior Minister Muhammad Ibrahim and the Arab Circassians case.
He was also accused of planning and participating in the July 2014 massacre of the Farafra ambush in which 22 army recruits were killed, Participated in targeting 101st Battalion in February 2015 after storming it.
Ashmawi broke away from the organization of the state of Sinai. In 2013 Ashmawi traveled to Libya, specifically to the city of Derna, and announced his dissent from the organization of the "State of Sinai" then joined of the organization of ISIS and joining the organization, "Almoravids" pro-Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which is after the merger of two organizations are "battalion of blood" led by the Algerian Mokhtar Belmokhtar, "Tawheed and Jihad" in West Africa, and became the head of the organization branch in Libya.
He Trained in al-Qaeda camps in Darnah, and was able to recruit and recruit new elements from Egypt to Darnah, and trained them to carry out operations inside Egypt, and is now one of the most wanted elements to be arrested or eliminated, In view of the existing security challenge facing Libya, Egypt and the world.