Islamic State Militants Take Credit For This Weekends Deadly Attacks In Sinai

BBC: Egypt's Sinai Peninsula hit by deadly bomb attacks



At least 14 people have been killed in separate bomb attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security forces have said.


Eight people died and 45 others were injured in an explosion outside a police station in El-Arish.


At least six soldiers lost their lives and two were wounded in an attack on an armoured vehicle, near the northern town of Sheikh Zuweid.


Militants from the Sinai Province group, affiliated to Islamic State, have said they carried out the attacks.

More News On This Weekends Insurgent Attacks In Sinai

Violence in Egypt's Sinai Leaves At Least 14 Dead -- IBTimes

Blasts kill 13 in Egypt's Sinai peninsula -- Al Jazeera

Sinai Group Kills Officers in Bombings -- NYT

Attacks in Egypt leave at least 12 dead -- CNN

Islamic State takes responsibility for attacks on Egyptian police -- SFGate/AP