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Egypt’s army says it killed 12 ‘terrorists’ in North Sinai
[AlAhram] The army also destroyed two warehouses that were storing explosivesEgypt’s army said it has killed 12 terrorists in the early hours of Friday in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid in their latest efforts in the fight against an Islamist militant insurgency that has spiked in the past two years. The army has also destroyed two warehouses storing explosive materials, an army statement read. On Thursday, a bomb that struck an armored military vehicle in North Sinai killed four soldiers and injured three others. Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (IS), has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on their Twitter account. Two security personnel injured in North Sinai bombing [AlAhram] Two security personnel were maimed on Friday in a North Sinai bombing, hours after the army announced it had killed 12 "terrorists" in Sheikh Zuweid. A bomb went kaboom!when the two officers were passing in their armoured vehicle, also in Sheikh Zuweid, causing them to sustain mild injuries, security sources told Ahram Arabic website. The officers were transported to a hospital for medical treatment. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-25 |
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