Drive-by shooting kills 2 soldiers in Egypt
Troops gunned down at checkpoint on the road to Suez Canal city of Ismailia; three others wounded
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCAIRO — Egypt’s state news agency said a drive-by shooting on a desert road in the country’s north has killed two soldiers and wounded three.
Monday’s report by MENA said the attack took place on the road to the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, when gunmen from a speeding car opened fire at a military checkpoint on Sunday evening.
A similar checkpoint attack last week in Ismailia also killed two soldiers. The city is 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
A militant group calling itself Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis — Arabic for Partisans of Jerusalem — has been active in the area, attacking military and police targets. The group also claimed responsibility for last month’s bombing of a military intelligence compound in Ismailia.
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