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Sunday, February 28, 2016
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Egypt cop shot dead in attack claimed by IS
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMasked gunmen shot dead an Egyptian police officer Sunday in the Sinai, the interior ministry says, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group which is leading an insurgency in the peninsula.
Gunmen opened fire on Captain Abdullah Khalil in the early hours of Sunday as he stood in front of his house in El-Arish, the provincial capital of North Sinai, the ministry says in a statement.
The Sinai Province, the Egyptian affiliate of IS, claims the attack.
“A security detachment was able to eliminate the apostate Abdullah Khalil… in the center of the city of El-Arish,” it says in a statement posted on the group’s Twitter accounts.
— AFP
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