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| N. Sinai op: approximately 7 Lions of Islam killed, 2 arrested, war material destroyed | ||
| 2016-10-31 | ||
| Four Egyptian army personnel killed in North Sinai: Armed forces [AlAhram] Four Egyptian armed forces personnel were killed in North Sinai amid ongoing operations against myrmidons, according to a statement released Saturday by the spokesperson for the Egyptian armed forces. The statement did not include the names of the killed personnel or their ranks. According to the statement, issued Saturday evening, military operations in al-Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuwaid
The statement added that security forces destroyed three warehouses used by holy warriors to store bombs. Security forces also detonated 12 bombs that they said were ready to be used against them on highways. The statement also said that three hideouts used by holy warriors were destroyed and a number of arms confiscated. 6 injured in car blast in Egypt's Al-Arish [AlAhram] Three policemen and three civilians were injured on Sunday after a car bomb detonated in North Sinai’s Al-Arish, Egypt’s interior ministry has said. According to a ministry statement, a suicide bomber was driving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device which detonated next to a passing police patrol. According to statement, the limbs of a person, believed to be the assailant’s, were found at the scene. Initial reports had said that one Egyptian police officer and four civilians were injured in the incident, which took place near a bridge in the Granada district. The injured were transferred to hospital. Last week, Egypt’s army launched a new campaign to fight Islamist militants in North Sinai, killing over 50 in response to a militant attack two weeks ago that killed 12 soldiers and injured six others.
Egypt's interior ministry arrests five for Friday's IED attack in Cairo [AlAhram] Egypt's interior ministry announced Sunday that it arrested five men suspected of carrying out an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on Gesr Al Suez road in Cairo hours after the explosion killed one civilian on Friday. According to a statement on the ministry’s official Facebook page, the men claimed responsibility for the IED attack, saying that they were targeting security forces. The explosion, which killed a passerby and injured one other person in Cairo's Ain Shams district, is thought to have been intended for a passing security convoy. The statement added that the attackers were plotting "other attacks targeting army and police personnel." | ||
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