Former army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who won a landslide victory this week in the Egyptian presidential election, is likely to face severe threats from militant groups during his upcoming rule.
On Thursday, Egyptian jihadist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis issued a threat to Sisi, Al Arabiya News Channel’s Arabic website reported.
“Will Sisi last till he takes over power? And if he does, will he remain?” the group asked in a tweet following the announcement of the initial results of the presidential elections.
“May you wake up with a tragedy in your home” the group added in another tweet.
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which was created in 2011 following the Egyptian uprising, is sympathetic to al-Qaeda but is not a formal affiliate.
The al-Qaeda inspired militant group has spearheaded a wave of attacks targeting security forces since the army ousted Islamist president Mohammad Mursi in July.
Deadly
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has claimed some of the deadliest and high-profile attacks against Egyptian security forces, including a failed assassination attempt against the interior minister in September.
A rising threat of Islamist insurgency is far from the sole issue that Sisi will face as president, as the nation battles with an energy crisis and a stagnant economic situation.
Many Sisi supporters voted enthusiastically, singing and dancing at the polls, saying they had confidence that a man from the military can bring stability - and his stated intention to fight extremism.
Egypt - under Sisi’s previous tenure as army chief and defence minister - has launched a wide-ranging campaign against militants in the Sinai.
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has claimed some of the deadliest and high-profile attacks against Egyptian security forces, including a failed assassination attempt against the interior minister in September.
The group is thought to have been founded primarily by Egyptians in 2011 after the uprising that toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak.
Source/Fuente: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/05/30/Egyptian-mil...
