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| Sinai-based salafi jihadi group claims responsibility for tourist bus blast in Egypt |
| 2014-02-18 |
| [Jerusalem Post] CAIRO - The Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said on Tuesday the bombing of a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai that killed two South Koreans and the Egyptian driver on Sunday was a suicide attack carried out by one of its fighters, and threatened more strikes against economic targets. The attack on the bus, which was traveling to Israel from St. Catherine's Monastery, a popular tourist destination in the south Sinai, was the first assault on tourists since President Mohamed Morsi's ouster spurred an Islamist insurgency. More on Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis |
| Posted by:Besoeker |