CAIRO: Militants killed an Egyptian soldier in Sinai yesterday, while security forces made 72 arrests in a sweep of the peninsula to hunt suspects wanted for a bomb attack, officials said.
The soldier was killed in the Tamada area of central Sinai, a medic and a security official said, adding he was shot in the head.
Security forces, meanwhile, rounded up 72 suspects wanted for Tuesday’s bomb attack targeting a security convoy that killed two people, including a civilian, and wounded five.
They were arrested in the town of Rafah, on the Gaza border.
The convoy was targeted as it travelled from Rafah towards the North Sinai provincial capital El Arish. Egypt’s army has poured troops and armour into the Sinai to crush militant activity, which has surged since Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was overthrown in a July 3 military coup.
One killed in Bahrain explosion
DUBAI: A teenager was killed late on Tuesday in Bahrain when a bomb he was holding exploded in his hands while he was trying to carry out an attack, police said.
State news agency BNA quoted police as saying that the 17-year-old youth had been wanted by security forces for “criminal offences”. A firearm and ammunition was also found near the body in the village of Bani Jamra, west of the capital Manama, BNA said without giving any details.
AFP
