[AlAhram] An army officer and a soldier were killed on Saturday morning during attempts by army personnel an improvised bomb (IED) in North Sinai's Karm Al-Kwadis area, Egypt's army said in a statement.A non-commissioned officer was also injured.
The army front man Colonel Mohammed Samir said on his Facebook page that an IED, which was planted by ' terrorist elements', was discovered by the army during a a routine combing of the area. The device went
kaboom!as experts attempted to defuse it, the spokesperson said.