Anonymous militants slaughtered a woman and kidnapped her family on Monday, in the village of Yamait, near the northern Sinai city. The woman was killed while trying to stop the kidnap attempts targeting her family. The incident is the third one to take place against a woman in North Sinai; earlier, anonymous militants opened fire against a woman called Maha Abu Raqie and killed her in front of her husband in the same city of Rafah. Moreover, a young lady has been killed recently in the North Sinai city of Al-Arish by anonymous militants for similar reasons related to espionage activity in favor of the security apparatuses there. In the aftermath of the clashes with Sinai Province, Al Tarbyeen tribe released a statement in which it called on all North Sinai's tribes to unite, in order to stand as one entity against Sinai Province.

Source: Egypt Independent May 02, 2017 15:33 UTC