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Policeman killed, two injured in North Sinai bombing
[AlAhram] A police officer was killed and two coppers were maimed Thursday afternoon when an improvised bomb detonated in North Sinai’s El-Arish city, al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.Security sources told al-Ahram that unknown assailants planted the IED near the second precinct cop shoppe in El-Arish. The bomb killed 51-year-old first lieutenant Ahmed El-Sayed Ahmed from Beni Suef governorate, and injured 46-year-old police corporal Ahmed Ali Ibrahim and 21-year-old conscript Mohammed Fatouh. Egypt’s army and police forces have been battling for several years a holy warrior Islamist insurgency in North Sinai centered in the cities of El-Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid, with hundreds killed on both sides. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-04-28 |
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