Eight Killed in Blasts in Egypt's Sinai Region

One security officer and seven others were killed in two successive explosions around security areas in Egypt's Sinai region, near the border with Israel, the Interior Ministry and security officials said. Egypt has been hit by an Islamist insurgency led by Sinai-based militants, who have mainly targeted security forces since last year's army ouster of elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Hundreds of soldiers and police officers have been killed in those attacks. The...

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