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Car bomb kills seven civilians in Egypt's North Sinai - army
Damaged cars are seen at the scene of a bomb blast in Giza, Egypt, January 21, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
25/07/2017
CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven civilians, including two young children, were killed by a car bomb that exploded at a security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, Egypt's army spokesman said.
The military said it intercepted the vehicle at a checkpoint near the city of Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, and tried to contain the expected blast by running over the car with a tank.
However, the bomb exploded after the tank had driven away and the civilians nearby were caught in the blast, according to images seen in video released by the army.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Four gunmen were inside the vehicle, the army said.
An insurgency in Egypt's Sinai region has gained pace since the army toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest Islamist movement, following mass protests against his rule in mid-2013.
(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Patrick Markey and Alison Williams)
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