Egypt army says it foiled suicide attack

Egypt’s military says its troops foiled a suicide car bomb attack targeting an army outpost on a highway leading to the canal city of Suez.

The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State jihadist organization known as the “Sinai Province” claimed the attack on a Twitter account.

A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to strike the outpost on a highway between Cairo and Suez, the military spokesman says on his Facebook page.

Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle during a sweep through in northern Sinai, Egypt, May 2013. (photo credit: AP)
Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle during a sweep through in northern Sinai, Egypt, May 2013. (AP)

He says the explosives-laden vehicle was destroyed and its driver killed, without giving other details.

— AFP

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