CAIRO, Apr 9: Two conscripts were killed and three others injured after a bomb went off near Sinai University in el-Masa’aed district in Arish, a medical source said.
The bomb, which was planted by unknown terrorists, targeted an army vehicle killing the two conscripts and injuring three others, the source said.
The ambulances rushed to the place of the explosion and transferred the dead and injured to the Al-Arish Military Hospital.
Security forces are probing the matter and have launched a manhunt to track down the terrorists, the source added.
Egyptian governorate of North Sinai has witnessed many violent attacks by militants since the January 2011 revolution that toppled the ex-president Hosni Mubarak.
The attacks targeting police and military increased after the ouster of Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Over 500 security personnel have been reported killed since then.
The military has launched frequent security campaigns in the area, arrested suspects and demolished houses that belong to terrorists, including those facilitating tunnels leading to the Gaza Strip. (PTI)
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