Four Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai

By AFP - Oct 30,2016 - Last updated at Oct 30,2016

CAIRO — Four Egyptian soldiers have been killed in the Sinai Peninsula, where the local branch of the Daesh terror group regularly attacks security forces, the army said on Sunday.

The troops were killed during operations around El Arish in northern Sinai province, close to the border with the Gaza Strip, army spokesman, Brigadier General Mohamed Samir said on Facebook.

Six militants were killed during the same operation and others were arrested, he said.

Also in El Arish, three policemen and three civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near a security convoy, the interior ministry’s Facebook page said.

The authorities are checking body parts found at the scene that officials suspect are the remains of the bomber, the statement said.

In a statement posted on social media, the Daesh affiliate in Egypt claimed the attack, which damaged an armoured vehicle and a police car.

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