Egypt: four soldiers killed by the explosion of a bomb in the … – Aurora

At least two officers and two Egyptian soldiers were killed by the explosion of a device in the town of Rafah, on the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, the spokesman of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Samir Mohamed said.

military official added that the victims are bomb and died while they were turning off bombs in the neighborhood Tauil the Amir, in the center of Rafah, after receiving information from the intelligence services about the discovery of seven bombs on that site.

Samir said the bomb got off six artifacts and while searching the seventh, the terrorists activated by remote control, which caused his death on the spot.

In addition, at least four suspected terrorists were killed and 23 others arrested by the security services during operations launched in the areas of Al Arish and Al Sheikh Zuaid in northern Sinai.

The official agency Egyptian news, Mena, who

quoted security sources, said that the Egyptian forces seized eight vehicles and 29 automatic rifles during these operations.

The Egyptian President Abdelfatah to Sisi, said in a televised to at least 600 suspected terrorists were arrested by police during last April in all provinces speech.

The Egyptian Army announced that at least 725 suspected militants were killed in separate security operations undertaken by the national forces in the north of the Sinai peninsula in the past six months.

The Sinai Peninsula has long been one source of instability, but since the overthrow of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist, in July 2013, there have been many attacks against the police.

In the area have their bases several jihadist groups , among which Sina Wilayat (province of Sinai), who swore allegiance to the Islamic State and claimed the deadliest attacks in Egypt. EFE