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The October 2016 Sinai attacks was a terrorist attack on an Egyptian army checkpoint in the city of Bir al-Abed, Egypt (located 40 kilometers west of Al-Arish), on 14 October 2016. A group of militants armed with assault rifles and heavier weapons attacked an Egyptian army checkpoint while mortar rounds and rockets were fired directed to a military checkpoint. In response, the Egyptian military forces killed around 15 militants following the attack. The Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai branch claimed responsibility in a statement released later the same day.[1][2][3]
According to Al Jazeera, Bir al-Abed had been largely spared the violence that had rocked northern Sinai by insurgents following the ouster of Morsi 3 years ago.[2] The attack came weeks after Egypt marks its first anniversary of the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash over the Sinai Peninsula on October 31, 2015.
^"12 Egypt soldiers killed in Sinai attack: army". Al-Monitor. Agence France-Presse. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ ab"A dozen Egyptian troops killed in checkpoint attack". Al Jazeera. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^Withnall, Adam. "Egypt: 12 dead in Isis attack on security checkpoint in central Sinai". The Independent. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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