Another terrorist act with the use of a truck occurred this time in Egypt. Prior to that, terrorists sent trucks to people in France, Germany and Israel. In the cases mentioned, the trucks were not filled with explosives. In Egypt, a truck rammed the gates of a checkpoint of a police station in the province of North Sinai; it was there - in Sinai - strongly influenced by militants close to ISIS (prohibited in the Russian Federation).
After that, gunmen ran into the territory of the police station and began to throw grenades at the main police building. In it (in the building) a fire broke out. According to others, the car was mined, and the terrorist driving the truck committed a self-detonation.
At this moment, it is known that at least 10 people were victims of the terrorist attack, 22 were injured of varying degrees of severity. 9 of them are in serious condition. On the elimination of the militants involved in the attack, while there is no data.
It is reported that the militants hijacked a truck outside the building of one of the municipal services of El Arish, in order to use it for terrorist purposes.
Literally the other day, Egyptian intelligence agencies spread the message that terrorists from groups operating in the Sinai Peninsula committed an 34 terrorist attack outside the province of North Sinai in 2016. There are fewer terrorist attacks on 66 than in 2015. Such information was presented as a major success in the fight against terrorism in Egypt.
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