Gunmen kill 7 soldiers in Egypt Sinai An Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula An Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:26AM GMT 0 0 0 Unknown gunmen have shot and killed seven Egyptian soldiers during an attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. According to security and medical sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, on Thursday, the attack took place near the city of El-Arish, situated some 344 kilometers northeast of the capital Cairo. Separately, unknown assailants opened fire on an army tent near a police station in the area, injuring at least five soldiers. The Sinai Peninsula has been witnessing a surge in deadly violence since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi by the army in early June. On August 7, unknown attackers shot and killed an Egyptian politician identified as Abdel Hamid Selmi in Sinai’s El-Arish. On August 5, an Egyptian soldier was killed and two others injured in two separate attacks in the restive peninsula. Meanwhile, the state news agency, MENA, said in a report on August 4 that unknown militants carried out bomb attacks against two Islamic shrines near the North Sinai town of Bir el-Abd and the area of el-Maghara farther south. In another incident on the same day, one police officer was injured in a militant attack on a police club in El-Arish. In July, there were reports of attacks on military checkpoints in Sinai. MAM/HN
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:36:10 +0000
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