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Police officer, soldier killed in roadside bomb in Egypt's North Sinai
 [AlAhram] A police officer and an army soldier were killed and another soldier injured in a roadside kaboom in North Sinai's Al Arish on Saturday, state news agency MENA reported.Security sources told the agency that the victims' armoured vehicle went kaboom!due to a remotely detonated bomb as it passed by al-Arish international road during a security operation. The Egyptian army and police have been battling an entrenched Islamist insurgency for several years in North Sinai, mostly concentrated in the cities of Sheikh Zuwaid, Rafah and El-Arish. The Armed Forces launched a major military operation this year named "Martyrs retribution" to combat Lions of Islam in North Sinai. In mid-October, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi extended a state of emergency, which was originally declared in certain areas of the restive province in August 2013 and consecutively renewed ever since, for three months starting 31 October in designated areas of the North Sinai governorate. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-01 |
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