One passerby killed, another injured in Cairo by roadside IED
[AlAhram] A passerby was killed and another injured when an IED went kaboom! on a road in Greater Cairo's Ain Shams district on Friday, al-Ahram’s Arabic website reported.
A security official told al-Ahram that the device was targeting a passing security convoy but instead hit two civilians.
Not exactly competent Lions of Islam, but all the competent ones seem to be up north in the Sinai these days. | Attacks against security forces have become common in recent years but are concentrated in North Sinai, where Egypt's army and police are battling an entrenched Islamist insurgency.
Last week, a brigadier general was rubbed out in front of his house in Obour City, on the outskirts of Cairo. Adel Rajaaie had previously been deployed in North Sinai.
Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-29 |