Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai attack

At least six Egyptian soldiers have been killled in a car-bomb attack in the volatile border region of northern Sinai, security officials said.

They said the car bomb struck a bus carrying the off-duty soldiers as it travelled on the road between the border town of Rafah and the coastal city of el-Arish. Twenty soldiers were wounded in the attack.

The soldiers belong to the 2nd Field Army, which is doing most of the fighting against Islamist fighters waging an insurgency against security forces in Sinai. The bus was on its way to Cairo, the officials said.

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