Two retired army officers and a police conscript were killed on Wednesday morning in a militant attack that targeted their checkpoint in al-Ayat, a town in the Giza governorate.<\/p>\n
According to state-run newspaper Akhabr Al-Youm, a number of anonymous militants opened fire against the policemen from a vehicle.<\/p>\n
The incident comes in the aftermath of a deadly attack on a police checkpoint in North Sinai\u2019s city of Arish, in which a high-ranking police officer and two conscripts lost their lives.<\/p>\n
Several residents from Arish told Egypt Independent on condition of anonymity that the attack took place on Tuesday afternoon when a number of militants, believed to be members of the IS-affiliated group of \u2018Sinai Province\u2019, opened fire against the policemen located at \u2018al-Safa\u2019 checkpoint.
\nIn addition to the three casualties, ten police conscripts were injured and transferred to Arish Military Hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attack resulted in the death of Colonel Tamer Shahin, who was the commander of a battalion at the Central Security Forces [CSF],\u201da witness claimed.<\/p>\n
The Interior Ministry has not released any official statements on the two attacks, however the army official spokesperson mourned the killed officers and the conscript in a statement published through his official facebook page.<\/p>\n
Police and army forces have been launching military operations against \u2018Sinai Province\u2019 group since 2014. The militant group believes that army and police forces are apostates and should be killed.<\/p>\n
The forces managed to eliminate the former leader of \u2018Sinai Province\u2019 group, Abu Doaa al-Ansary, in a 2016 airstrike; however the group is still active in North Sinai.<\/p>\n
Additionally, police forces based in Cairo and Delta governorates have been subjected to numerous attacks conducted by little\u2013known groups such as \u2018Lewaa al-Thawra\u2019 and \u2018Hasm\u2019.
\nBoth groups are believed to be affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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