UPDATED: Six soldiers killed in North Sinai attack
Roadside bomb hits armoured vehicle on Al-Arish to Sheikh Zuweid highway
Ahram Online , Sunday 12 Apr 2015
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/127458/Egypt/Politics-/UPDATED-Six-soldiers-killed-in-North-Sinai-attack-.aspx

A first lieutenant, a sergeant and four conscripts were killed when
their armoured vehicle was bombed in North Sinai on Sunday morning, army
spokesman Mohamed Samir announced on Sunday.

Two other soldiers were also injured when the roadside bomb exploded on the
Al-Arish to Sheikh Zuweid highway.

The injured were taken to Al-Arish military hospital.

Egypt's army has been fighting a decade-long militant Islamist insurgency
that has spiked since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in summer 2013.

Hundreds of police and soldiers as well civilians have been killed in
militant attacks.

Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, an Islamist militant group, has claimed many of the
attacks against the army and police in Sinai. In November 2014, the group
swore allegiance to Islamic State, which has taken over vast areas of Syria
and Iraq and now operates in Libya.