Aswat Masriya (Cairo)

Egypt: Unidentified Gunmen Kill Conscript in Arish

30 July 2013

Unidentified assailants killed a conscript on Tuesday after they opened fire on a number of security personnel in a district of Sinai's Arish city, military sources said.

Conscript Mahmoud al-Sayed Ahmed was shot in the back while on duty in Salam district in Arish, army sources stated.

Army forces chased the gunmen, yet they managed to escape.

The number of people killed in militant attacks in Sinai since former president Mohamed Mursi was deposed is 30, ten of whom are civilians while the rest are soldiers, said Tarek Khater, the health ministry's undersecretary in Sinai.

Khater added that 151 were injured in these attacks, 102 of whom are soldiers.

Since Mursi's ouster, gunmen in Sinai have intensified their attacks on military and police targets.

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