Army: 3 suspected militants killed in chase following Sinai blast
Fri, 17/04/2015 - 10:29 Aswat Masriya
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Security forces killed three suspected militants they accused of complicity
in an explosion in North Sinai earlier on Thursday which left a soldier
killed and another injured, the armed forces spokesman said.

Spokesman Mohamed Samir said in a statement that the suspected militants
were killed in a chase which shortly followed the blast.

Unidentified assailants had planted an explosive device on a road south of
Sheikh Zuweid earlier on Thursday when army personnel were passing, killing
a soldier and injuring a conscript, security sources said.

Militancy inside Egypt has seen a significant rise since July 2013, with the
military ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, following mass protests
against his rule. Most attacks target security forces in North Sinai.

Thirteen people were killed in two separate attacks in North Sinai on
Sunday, including security personnel from the police and the military.

Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt's most active militant group,
claimed responsibility for both attacks on a twitter account believed to
belong to the group.

Ansar has claimed responsibility for most militant attacks carried out in
the governorate since 2013. The group pledged allegiance to Islamic State
fighters in Iraq and Syria last November, renaming itself as the "Sinai
Province".

Security forces killed over 300 suspected militants in security campaigns in
North Sinai during the months of February and March, the armed forces
spokesman announced in a number of separate statements.

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