Suicide Bomber Kills Soldier In Egypt's North Sinai - Military Spokesman

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 18, 2019 | 09:47 PM

A suicide bomber killed a soldier on Thursday in an attack on security forces in Egypt's restive North Sinai province, a military spokesman said

CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th July, 2019) A suicide bomber killed a soldier on Thursday in an attack on security forces in Egypt's restive North Sinai province, a military spokesman said.

A man wearing an explosive belt approached security forces near a parking lot in the city of Sheikh Zuweid, prompting the troops to open fire.

The ensuing explosion killed the attacker and a serviceman and wounded three other personnel, the spokesman said.

The bombing was claimed by Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), according to SITE Intelligence Group, a US website monitoring extremist online activity.

Islamist insurgents have long been targeting security forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt has been conducting a massive security operation in North Sinai for over a year to weed out armed groups, killing and arresting hundreds of militants.