CAIRO — An online video purportedly from the Egypt affiliate of Daesh (the so-called IS) showed a Croatian hostage working for a French company who said the group would kill him in 48 hours if Muslim women in Egyptian jails were not freed. Ardiseis Egypt, a unit of French firm CGG, which specializes in oil and gas geology, said on Wednesday one of its staff had been kidnapped on July 22 while traveling to Cairo. “Ardiseis Egypt acknowledges that he is the hostage appearing on the video released today,” the company said in a statement. In the video, titled “A message to the Egyptian government” and posted on online forums, a man is seen kneeling and wearing a short-sleeved orange jumpsuit, like those worn by previous Western prisoners in Daesh videos who were later killed. He identified himself as Tomislav Salopek, 30, from Croatia. Zagreb said it was doing all it could to resolve the situation. — Reuters
