Bomb kills 4 soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
Hundreds of Egyptian policemen and soldiers have been killed during attacks in North Sinai since 2013
A bomb explosion killed an Egyptian colonel and three soldiers in North Sinai on Wednesday as their armoured vehicle passed by, security officials and emergency services said.
The device was detonated from a distance as the vehicle was engaged in a search operation on the outskirts of provincial capital El-Arish, the officials said.
Another 12 soldiers were wounded in the blast, they added.
Jihadists, including from an Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group (ISIS), have regularly attacked security forces in the peninsula since the army toppled Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in July 2013.
Militants say their attacks are in retaliation for a government crackdown targeting Mursi supporters that has left hundreds dead and thousands imprisoned.
The authorities say hundreds of policemen and soldiers have been killed in attacks, mainly in North Sinai, since 2013, although there have also been attacks in the Nile Delta and in Cairo.
Egypt’s branch of ISIS also said it planted a bomb that caused the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai in October, killing 224 people.
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