After ISIS slaughters Christians, an Egyptian village mourns its sons

With marriage on his mind and empty pockets, the 24-year-old left his Egyptian village for Libya.

Aziz was one of many Egyptians who go to Libya looking for work, but his journey ended in horror.

He was one of 21 Egyptian Christians killed at the hands of ISIS’ Libyan branch. The Islamic militants released a gruesome video Sunday showing the beheadings of at least a dozen of the men on a beach.

‘I hope God deprives them’

In the picture, his jeans and dressy black shirt belie the type of labor he did.

“He was a worker, he used to carry sand and rocks, what else could he do?” says Mina Aziz’s mother, Afaf. “He didn’t have a trade. He would have taken any job offered to him.”

CNN’s Ian Lee reported and wrote from Al Aour, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong.

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