UPDATE 2: 21 Egyptian soldiers killed in rocket attack in Al-Wadi Al-Gedid
Rocket-propelled grenades reportedly used in attack on military checkpoint
in southern Egypt
Ahram Online, Saturday 19 Jul 2014
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/106626/Egypt/Politics-/UPDATE---Egyptian-soldiers-killed-in-rocket-attack.aspx

Militants attacked a military checkpoint in Al-Wadi Al-Gedid governorate in
southern Egypt on Saturday, killing 21 border guards, announced army
spokesman Mohamed Samir.

According to Samir, the slain were killed during an exchange of fire with
the unknown gunmen which lead "to the exploding of the checkpoint's
ammunition storage" which he says was fired at using rocket-propelled
grenades.

Another four soldiers were injured "in addition to the killing of some
terrorists" said Samir.

The army's statement added that two vehicles carrying ammunition and primed
to explode, were confiscated at the scene and defused.

An anonymous security source quoted by MENA had originally described the
assailants as smugglers.

According to Al-Ahram Arabic news website, the same checkpoint was targeted
two months ago when five army conscripts and an officer were killed by
gunmen.

Al-Wadi Al-Gedid is a large governorate that borders both Libya and Sudan.
According to MENA, the attacks took place at a checkpoint at the 100km mark
on the road from Cairo to Farfara, a local town.

The attack was reportedly carried at iftar, the post-sunset meal when
Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, resembling at attack in August 2012
in which 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed by militants in Sinai, close to
the border with Israel, during Ramadan at the time of iftar.

Saturday's attack is the biggest such single act of violence against army or
police since last August when 25 police conscripts were killed near Sinai's
Rafah.

Militant attacks targeting police and military have been commonplace since
the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi last summer amid mass protests against
his year-long rule.