Egypt: Gunmen kill three Egyptian soldiers in N Sinai

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Egypt: Gunmen kill three Egyptian soldiers in N Sinai
CAIRO (AA) – Three Egyptian army soldiers were killed Saturday when unidentified assailants targeted a checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a security source told Anadolu Agency.

The attack took place at al-Masoura checkpoint on a highway between Rafah and Arish.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

Since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in a 2013 military coup, the northern Sinai Peninsula has been the epicenter of a deadly insurgency against Egyptian security personnel.

 

Author: Mahmoud Barakat
[Photo: A picture taken from Gaza part of Rafah shows smke rising as Egyptian troops and militants in Rafah in North Sinai and Egypt’s eastern border with the Gaza strip on July 1, 2015.Photographer: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu Agency]