2016 Arish attack
Attack Al-Arish 2016 | |
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Part of Sinai insurgency | |
Location | Arish, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
Deaths | 13 |
Injured | 0 |
Victims | Soldiers and policemen |
Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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Sinai insurgency
- Operation Eagle
- Egypt-Israel border (2011)
- Sinai (2012)
- Egypt-Israel border (2012)
- Operation Sinai
- Taba bombing (2014)
- Sinai (2014)
- Sinai (January 2015)
- Sinai (July 2015)
- Operation Martyr's Right
- Arish (2015)
- Sinai (2016)
- Rafah terror attack
- Al-Rawda mosque attack
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- Rabaa, Iqtiya, Qatiya, Genayen, and Merih
- El Qantara
International incidents
- Metrojet Flight 9268
Arish
Sheikh Zuweid
Rafah
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Location on the Sinai Peninsula of the three cities attacked in January 2015 by Wilayat Sinai.Thirteen policemen and soldiers were killed on Saturday night, March 20, 2016, in an attack that targeted a security checkpoint in Sinai's Al-Arish.[1][2] The Ministry of Interior announced that a mortar attack targeted Al-Safa checkpoint, killing two police officers, a policeman and 10 soldiers.[3][4][5][6]
See also
- October 2014 Sinai attacks
- July 2015 Sinai attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016
References
- ^ "At least 13 Egyptian policemen killed in attack on North Sinai checkpoint".
- ^ "Egyptian troops killed in Sinai attack".
- ^ "Egypt: 'IS attack' kills 13 policemen in Sinai". BBC News. 19 March 2016.
- ^ 13 policemen and soldiers killed in Al-Arish attack Daily News Egypt,March 20, 2016
- ^ "Sinai attack kills at least 13 Egyptian policemen". Reuters. 20 March 2016.
- ^ "Isis mortar kills at least 13 police at Egyptian checkpoint". the Guardian. 19 March 2016.