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Two Egypt-based militant groups claim responsibility for Giza attack
Both an ISIS-affiliated group and another holy warrior group in Egypt have grabbed credit for the bombing that took place in Giza governorate's Haram district on Thursday, killing at least 10 people. In a statement issued on Friday and published on its alleged Twitter accounts, Sinai-based Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis "ABM" claims that 10 Egyptian police personnel were killed when they entered a "booby-trapped" house in Marioutiya Thursday night. An hour after the announcement by ABM another holy warrior group called "Revolutionary Punishment" grabbed credit for the attack in a statement released on Facebook. The group claimed that it lured police to the apartment at which point two of its members carried out a suicide kaboom which killed a former state security police officer, among others. According to the official statement of Egypt's prosecution, ten people, including seven coppers and three civilians, were killed in the kaboom. The ministry of interior also stated that coppers and other victims were killed or injured as officers attempted to defuse a time-bomb during the raid on an apartment in Marioutiya where suspected Islamist turbans were believed to be staying. The kaboom left 13 injured, two of whom are at death's door. According to the ministry's statement, a civilian who lived in the building was killed in the kaboom, and two charred bodies were found inside the apartment. "Revolutionary Punishment" apologised in its statement that non-combatants were killed in the attack, vowing to compensate them as well as vowing for more operations against security forces in the future. The holy warrior group emerged earlier this year, claiming responsibility for attacks on mobile phone shops and banks across the country, as well as attacks against coppers. Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based holy warrior group has already grabbed credit for most of the attacks against security forces in North Sinai. It also grabbed credit for the bombings of security directorates in Cairo and Dakahlia Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-23 |
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