Northern Sinai has witnessed a series of complex and successful attacks targeting Egyptian security forces, many of which have been claimed by a local affiliate of the Islamic State group.
In the largest of the day's attacks, a suspected car bomber detonated his vehicle at the entrance of a main police station in el-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, killing at least six, including five policemen, and injuring several civilians, the Interior Ministry said.
The blast left a deep crater in the residential area, and damaged several homes nearby. Officials said rescue crews were searching through the rubble for survivors and the death toll was expected to rise.
The explosion was the second attack Sunday on troops in Sinai. Earlier in the day, six soldiers, including an officer, were killed when a roadside bomb struck their armoured vehicle travelling south of el-Arish. In a third smaller attack, militants clashed with soldiers at a mobile checkpoint in Rafah, south of el-Arish, wounding one police officer and two soldiers.
Sunday is Eastern Orthodox Easter in Egypt, and police have been on high alert against attacks.
The attacks took place as Egypt's defence minister carried out a limited military reshuffle, replacing the commander of the army division responsible for securing northern Sinai.........ctvnews.ca
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Six, including at least one civilian, were killed on Sunday when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded near the Third Police Station in North Sinai's Al-Arish, a common target for militants in the restive peninsula...
ReplyDeleteA suicide bomber sought to ram a van laden with explosives into a checkpoint in the vicinity of the police station, the interior ministry said. The vehicle exploded when police forces opened fire at it, killing at least five policemen, according to the statement.
Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghafar later told Ahram Online the death toll had risen to six, with at least one civilian among the deceased. He said 40 were also injured.
Both policemen and civilians were injured in the blast, the interior ministry's statement also said.
Final death and injury tolls have yet to be announced, with counting still ongoing, Abdel-Ghafar said..........http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/127477.aspx
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Dos ataques han matado hoy a seis militares egipcios y han provocado heridas a dos más en la península del Sinaí, según ha informado el diario egipcio “Al Ahram” en su versión digital...
ReplyDeleteCuatro soldados y dos oficiales han muerto cuando el vehículo blindado en el que viajaban ha sido bombardeado en el norte del Sinaí, según ha confirmado el portavoz del Ejército Mohamed Samir.
Otros dos soldados han resultado heridos cuando una bomba ha estallado al paso de su vehículo en la carretera entre las localidades de Al Arish y Sheij Zuweid.
El Ejército egipcio ha sido objetivo de varios ataques, especialmente desde que el presidente islamista Mohamed Mursi fuera derrocado en julio de 2013 por un golpe de Estado liderado por el general Abdelfatah al Sisi, actual presidente de Egipto...............http://sptnkne.ws/cXW
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