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Thursday, August 10, 2017
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
Islamic State claims attack on police in Egypt’s Sinai
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIslamic State claims responsibility for killing four Egyptian policemen in restive northern Sinai peninsula.
The group says in a Thursday statement carried by its news agency AMAQ and circulated on social media that its fighters carried out the attack on Wednesday in the town of el-Arish.
The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify the authenticity of the statement.
State-run newspaper Al-Ahram newspaper said Wednesday that authorities are hunting the militants who opened fire on the policemen as they were riding in a private car.
— AP
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