Police forces stationed on a highway in northern Sinai\u2019s city of al-Arish managed on Monday to curb a militant attack that targeted their checkpoint.<\/p>\n
According to a statement released from the Interior Ministry , police forces stationed at a coastal road of al-Arish city were approached by a suicide bomber in a vehicle.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0the armed vehicle approached the checkpoint, many conscripts and officers opened heavy fire against it, the shooting destroying the vehicle before it reached the checkpoint.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the ministry added that a number of other militants have made ground attempts to attack police conscripts and officers.<\/p>\n
Since 2014, Egyptian police and Armed Forces have been engaging in daily military confrontations with the IS affiliated group of \u2018Sinai Province\u2019, which has led to the death and arrest of many militants.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Sinai Province\u2019 group, previously known as \u2018Ansar Byat El-Maqdus\u2019, believes that all army and police forces are apostates who should be killed, hence\u00a0the group militants have launched several suicide and ground attacks.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of 2017, the activity of \u2018Sinai Province\u2019 has decreased after armed forces launched intensive attacks against the group\u2019s stationing points in the area, however the group has started to move its operations to Cairo and Upper Egypt.<\/p>\n
Recently, \u2018Sinai Province\u2019 claimed responsibility for deadly attacks that targeted Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, which led to the death of nearly 45 people.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the group executed another deadly attack at the beginning of Ramadan in Minya when its militants opened fire against a Coptic bus heading to a monastery in the governorate\u2019s desert.<\/p>\n
(Egypt Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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