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1st LD: Gunmen kill 12 security members at checkpoint in North Sinai

Xinhua, October 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 12 members of Egypt's security forces were killed Friday when suspected Islamist assailants opened fire at a checkpoint in North Sinai province, an official security source told Xinhua.

The attack happened in central Sinai area, 40 km from the town of Bir al-Abd, the source noted that the assailants used rifles and automatic weapons, before fleeing the scene.

Other eight were wounded in the attack, he added. The victims have been transferred to El-Arish Hospital.

North Sinai has been experiencing growing wave of anti-security attacks since the army-led ouster of Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi in 2013, which killed hundreds of police and army men.

A Sinai-based militant group loyal to the Islamic State (IS) regional group claimed responsibility for most of attacks.

Intensified Egyptian military raids killed and arrested hundreds of IS-affiliate extremists in North Sinai as part of the country's "anti-terrorism war" declared following Morsi's ouster. Endit