Three Egyptian soldiers killed in blast claimed by Islamic State affiliate
Mon, 20/04/2015 - 09:26
http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/three-egyptian-soldiers-killed-blast-claimed-islamic-state-affiliate

An Egyptian army captain and two other soldiers were killed by a roadside
bomb in Rafah, near the border with the Gaza Strip on Monday, security and
medical sources said.

A Twitter feed that describes itself as the official account for Sinai
Province, the Egyptian affiliate of the ultra-hardline militant group
Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the attack in the Sinai Peninsula,
which borders Gaza, Israel and the Suez Canal.

North Sinai is the epicentre of an insurgency that has killed hundreds of
members of the security services since mid-2013, when Egypt's then-army
chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi after
mass protests against his rule.

Sinai Province, which was known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis before it pledged
allegience to Islamic State, is the most active militant group in the Sinai.