Jihadist Group Claims Egypt Police Bombing

An al-Qaida-inspired group based in Egypt's Sinai says it was behind Tuesday's car bombing of a police headquarters in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura - an attack that killed at least 15 people.In a statement Wednesday, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber it identified as "Abu Maryam."The group said it was responding to the government's crackdown against Islamists.The bombing was the one of the deadliest attacks against Egyptian...

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