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| Missile fired at Sinai's Arish airport kills officer and injures two others: Egypt military | |
| 2017-12-20 | |
| [AlAhram] Egypt's army said that a missile hit the airport in Arish in North Sinai on Tuesday, killing an officer and injuring two others. The missile attack has also caused "partial damage" to a helicopter, the military said in a statement. The airport was targeted during a visit by Egypt's defence and interior ministers to inspect forces and security in the city, the statement added.
The group released a short statement online saying that it fired a Kornet anti-tank guided missile at a helicopter at the airport. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has grabbed credit for most attacks against security and army forces in North Sinai in the past three years. | |
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