The Teachers Syndicate in North Sinai condemned on Friday the assassination of a teacher in the streets of Al-Arish by anonymous militants who opened fire against him while wandering around the city. The 40-yeare-old teacher named Mohamed Ahmed El-Sayed was subjected to heavy shooting from anonymous militants in the central of North Sinai’s city of Al-Arish on Thursday. Numerous eyewitnesses, who are residents of Al-Arish and preferred to remain anonymous, asserted to Daily News Egypt that two militants on a motorbike opened fire against El-Sayed and fled the scene. Meanwhile, the Teachers Syndicate in North Sinai expressed its condolences to the family of the assassinated teacher and declared their condemnation of the incident. Those kidnapped are suspected to be as operators for army and police forces in North Sinai.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 21, 2017 13:06 UTC