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Two Egyptian officers killed in Sinai attack

Two high-ranking Egyptian police and army officers were shot dead by unknown assailants on Friday in the Sinai region near the border with Israel, army and security sources said.

 

Both had the rank of brigadier general and were shot dead in the city of Sheikh Zuwaid, the sources told Reuters.

 

Security forces are struggling to quell an Islamist insurgency that has killed scores of soldiers and policemen in the peninsula, which borders Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.25.14, 18:04