Attack on army convoy kills 10 in Egypt's Sinai
CAIRO - An attack on an army convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed 10 soldiers on Tuesday, security and medical sources said. Two were killed by a roadside bomb and the others were shot as they tried to flee, the security sources said.
Militants in the Sinai have stepped up attacks on policemen and soldiers since then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July 2013.
The government makes no distinction between the Brotherhood -- which says it is a peaceful movement -- and the Sinai militants.
The attacks initially targeted security forces in Sinai - a remote but strategic part of Egypt located between Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal - but they have since extended their reach, with bombings on the mainland.
