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Daesh claims Egypt hotel attack that killed 5 | |
2015-11-25 | |
Daesh's Egyptian branch claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed five people in a hotel in North Sinai on Tuesday where judges overseeing a parliamentary election were staying. A A The group has carried out similar attacks in the region as part of its bid to topple the Cairo government. It said two of its Two judges and three policemen were killed, the military said, and three The blasts followed Monday’s second round of voting in Egypt’s parliamentary election. Egyptian elections are monitored by the judiciary with judges running polling stations, observing the voting and counting ballots. “This brutal incident is a failed attempt to hinder the state from building its institution but we assure all that it will increase the drive and insistence of the armed forces and the Interior Ministry to weed out the roots of terrorism in North Sinai,” a military statement read. The attack happened early in the morning and started with the car bomb, Swiss Inn manager Mohamed Mahana told Reuters. “The security forces shot the A second “A third
Seven people -- including judicial officials and security personnel -- were killed on Tuesday and eight were maimed in North Sinai's restive city of Al-Arish in attacks on a hotel where judges supervising the parliamentary polls were residing. | |
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