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Egypt’s army launches airstrikes on terrorist hideouts after N Sinai
checkpoint attack
Assailants attacked Friday a North Sinai security checkpoint, killing 12
armed personnel. Fifteen attackers were killed in the shootout that ensued
Ahram Online , Saturday 15 Oct 2016
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/245809/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt’s-army-launches-airstrikes-on-terrorist-hide.aspx

Egypt’s armed forces launched early Saturday successful airstrikes on a
number of terrorist hideouts and arms depots in North Sinai, after a Friday
terrorist attack on a security checkpoint, an army spokesman Facebook
statement read.

Assailants attacked Friday a North Sinai security checkpoint killing 12
armed personnel. Fifteen attackers were killed in the shootout that ensued.

The Saturday airstrikes were based on intelligence information, and
conducted in coordination with the people of Sinai, the statement added.
They lasted for three hours.

A number of terrorist elements, said to have executed the checkpoint attack,
were killed and seven 4×4 vehicles were destroyed.

The army said in the statement that its offensive on terrorists in North
Sinai is still ongoing.

“The armed forces stresses that, with the support of its great people, it is
determined to eliminate the [terrorist] elements that target the safety and
security of this country,” the statement read.

Following the attack, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a statement
mourning the victims and vowing that such a tragic incident would only
“increase our determination and persistence to continue our battle for
development and survival.”

Hundreds of security forces in North Sinai have been killed in similar
attacks by Islamist militants since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in
2013.

Egyptian security forces have killed hundreds of suspected militants in
North Sinai during the same period.