Roadside bomb kills two military personnel in Egypt's Sinai

An army officer and a solider were killed on Monday in an explosion in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, an official security source told Xinhua.

Five other soldiers were also wounded when their armored vehicle hit a roadside bomb near Taweel al-Amir district, in Rafah, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Egypt has been rocked by a spate of violent attacks on security personnel since the army removed former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests against his rule.

Hundreds of army and police personnel were killed in the attacks, most of which were claimed by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based militant group that declared allegiance to the Islamic State last year and changed its name to "Sinai State." Endit