Roadside bomb leaves two Egyptian soldiers dead in Sinai
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Egyptian army forces patrol a street in the North Sinai border town of Rafah, November 4, 2014. ©AFP
At least two Egyptian soldiers have lost their lives and another has sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the country’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt’s Military Spokesman, Brigadier General Mohammed Samir, wrote on his Facebook page that a team of bomb disposal experts were combing Karm al-Kwadis area of the town of Sheikh Zuweid, located about 334 kilometers (207 miles) northeast of the capital, Cairo, on Saturday, when the bomb went off.
An army officer and a soldier were killed, while a non-commissioned officer was injured.
On February 1, two policemen were killed when a bomb explosion struck their vehicle in the border town of Rafah, located 340 kilometers (211 miles) east of Cairo.
The development came only a day after an explosive device targeted a police patrol car south of Rafah, killing two Egyptian police officers and injuring four others.
On January 27, five members of Egypt’s security forces were killed when a powerful explosion ripped through their car in al-Maidan area west of the city of el-Arish, situated 344 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of the capital.
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