Attacks on Troops in Egypt’s Sinai Kill at Least 14

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) —

At least 14 people, mostly Egyptian policemen, were killed Sunday in separate operations when terrorists attacked a police station in the provincial capital of Egypt’s northern Sinai, and detonated a roadside bomb against a passing armored vehicle, officials said.

Northern Sinai has witnessed a series of complex and successful attacks targeting Egyptian security forces, many of which have been claimed by a local affiliate of the Islamic State group.

In the largest of the day’s attacks, a suspected car bomber detonated his vehicle at the entrance of a large police station in el-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, killing at least six, including five policemen, and injuring several civilians, the Interior Ministry said.

The explosion was the second attack Sunday on troops in Sinai. Earlier in the day, six soldiers, including an officer, were killed when a roadside bomb struck their armored vehicle traveling south of el-Arish. In a third smaller attack, terrorists clashed with soldiers at a mobile checkpoint in Rafah, south of el-Arish, wounding one police officer and two soldiers.

The attacks took place as Egypt’s defense minister carried out a limited military reshuffle, replacing the commander of the army division responsible for securing northern Sinai.

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