Gunmen kill three Egyptian soldiers in northern Sinai
Date
12/13/2015 6:50:28 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) 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.
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