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Africa North
ISIL Kills Two Policemen in Egypt's Sinai
2015-08-27
[ALMANAR.LB] Gunmen killed two Egyptian coppers Wednesday in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by ISIL terrorists.

Egypt's security forces have come under regular attack since the military ousted MB president Mohammed Mursi two years ago.

In Wednesday's attack in El-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, "person or persons unknown on a cycle of violence opened fire on two police, who died of their wounds," the interior ministry said in a statement.

The attackers managed to escape, according to security officials.

The Egyptian affiliate of ISIL, which calls itself Sinai Province, said it was responsible and posted photographs of the purported attack and its aftermath online.
Al Ahram adds:
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis also announced that it took the guns off the murdered coppers in Al-Arish city, after they shot them in the back while they were riding bicycles.
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