Anonymous militants blew up on Saturday morning an Al-Azhar educational building in North Sinai’s Al-Arish, by using improvised explosive devices (IEDs), local media outlets reported. According to a local journalist in North Sinai who preferred to keep his identity anonymous, numerous IEDs were planted in the building by militants believed to be members of the IS-affiliated group “Sinai Province”. The militants targeted the building because it was used by the army and police to monitor and track the whereabouts of militants. The building was blown up remotely, and the subsequent explosion completely annihilated the building, the journalist added. They targeted the building to prevent security forces from using it as a stationing point to monitor the militants’ movements,” he explained.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 25, 2017 15:00 UTC