Alleged terrorists focused a water pumping facility east of the Suez Canal in Egypt.
REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
At the very least 11 Egyptian troops had been killed and 5 others harm Saturday when militants attacked a water pumping station east of the Suez Canal.
One officer was among the many lifeless. The assault was one of many deadliest towards Egyptian safety forces in years.
Troops had been chasing the militants in an remoted space of the northern Sinai Peninsula, the army mentioned in a press release.
Authorities didn't say precisely the place the assault passed off, however two Northern Sinai residents advised the Related Press it was within the city of Qantara within the province of Ismailia, which stretches eastwards from the Suez Canal.
The militants ambushed troops guarding the pumping facility, earlier than fleeing to the desert in Northern Sinai, in accordance with the residents who spoke on situation of anonymity for his or her security.
No group claimed duty for the assault, Arab Information reported. Egypt has battled an ISIS-led insurgency within the Sinai since 2013, with scores of assaults going down in an space with few exterior observers allowed. The assaults largely goal Christians, the information outlet mentioned.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi mourned the demise of the troops, vowing in a Fb put up to proceed combating the militants and “uprooting terrorism.”
With Put up wires
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