Two retired army officers and a police conscript were killed on Wednesday morning in a militant attack that targeted their checkpoint in al-Ayat, a town in the Giza governorate. The Interior Ministry has not released any official statements on the two attacks, however the army official spokesperson mourned the killed officers and the conscript in a statement published through his official facebook page. Police and army forces have been launching military operations against ‘Sinai Province’ group since 2014. The militant group believes that army and police forces are apostates and should be killed. The forces managed to eliminate the former leader of ‘Sinai Province’ group, Abu Doaa al-Ansary, in a 2016 airstrike; however the group is still active in North Sinai.

Source: Egypt Independent July 05, 2017 11:15 UTC