Revenge Attacks Rock Egyptian Security Forces -- Christian Science Monitor
Attacks on Egyptian security installations have spiked since the military takeover in July. Today's attacks are likely retaliation for police violence at anti-military protests yesterday.
Egypt was rocked by triple terrorist attacks on Monday in what appeared to be coordinated retaliation against police violence that left 53 people dead the day before.
A dawn drive-by shooting in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia killed six soldiers on their morning patrol. Shortly afterward, a car bomb exploded outside South Sinai’s security directorate, killing two and injuring 48.
In Cairo, suspected militants damaged a satellite dish, part of the country's main television transmission system, in the upscale Cairo suburb of Maadi. It was the most serious attack on the capital since last month's assassination attempt against the interior minister outside his home.
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AFRICA
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