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Islamic
militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks on
Egyptian Army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula,
killing at least 64 soldiers, country officials said.
The
coordinated assaults, which included up to 70 militants, came a day
after Egypt's president pledged to step up the battle against Islamic
militants and two days after the country's state prosecutor was
assassinated in the capital, Cairo. The BBC reported that the clashes
are ongoing, with militants reportedly overtaking a main police
station.
The
officials said scores of militants were besieging Sheikh Zuweid's
main police station, shelling it with mortars and rocket-propelled
grenades and exchanging fire with dozens of policemen inside. Reuters
reported that militants planted bombs along a road between the police
station and an army camp to deter reenforcements.
"We
are under siege, the militants didn't storm inside it so far, or else
I wouldn't be speaking to you right now," Col. Mohamed Soliman
told Daily News Egypt from inside the police station
Al
Jazeera, citing a local news, reported that ambulances had trouble
reaching those injured due to the crossfire.
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