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Unknown assailants bomb gas pipeline in Egypt's North Sinai
[AlAhram] Unknown turbans bombed a main natural gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Penninsula on Thursday, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.According to security sources, the blast took place in the Al-Midan area, west of the coastal city of Al-Arish. The assailants placed bombs under the pipeline and detonated them remotely. The kaboom lead to an interruption in natural gas supplying houses in the area. No group has yet grabbed credit for the attack. Gas pipelines in Sinai have been bombed dozens of times since the revolution in 2011, with the most recent attack in May 2015.
Security sources said unknown assailants on Thursday detonated bombs under the pipeline near the El-Midan village in North Sinai -- a stronghold of the group's bully boys, who swore allegiance to the ISIS group in 2014. The group said it bombed the pipeline in a statement posted on Twitter Thursday and signed by 'Sinai Province', the name by which group refers to itself. "God willing, not a drop of gas will reach Jordan until the caliphate permits," the statement said. The blast left no casualties. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-08 |
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