27 persons killed in four attacks in Cairo

#northsinai #suez #cairo It was one of the deadliest attacks in Cairo when 27 persons were killed in four attacks in the North Sinai and Suez regions of Egypt as reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 30 January 2015. It was some of the worst anti-state violence in months and too place after commemorations around the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned violent and deadly this week.
The government of Egypt is faced with an Islamist insurgency that is based in Sinai and there is growing discontent with what critics perceive as heavy handed security tactics.,br> The first attack was the bombing of military buildings in the capital of North Sinai province – in this attack, 25 persons were killed and another 58 were injured, 9 of them were civilians. This is as per information provided by the security and medical sources.
Suspected militants then killed an army major and wounded six others at a checkpoint in Rafah.
This was followed by a roadside bomb in Suez city that killed a police officer, and an assault on an army unit south of Al-Arish that wounded four soldiers.
Militants who are based in Sinai have killed hundreds of security officers ever since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood from power as a result of mass protests against his rule.