Egyptian Security Forces Kill 40 Suspected Militants After Tourist Bus Attack

Daily Mail: Egyptian security forces kill FORTY suspected militants after three tourists died and 11 were injured in bus bomb blast near Giza Pyramids - as officials claim they were plotting more attacks

* Ministry didn't say whether suspected militants were connected to Friday attack
* But said its forces killed 30 people during raids on their hideouts in Giza
* State news agency MENA said that the suspects were killed in a gun battle

Egyptian security forces have killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza.

The ministry of interior revealed the news this morning, after a deadly bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza killed four people yesterday.

The ministry did not say whether the suspected militants were connected to Friday's attack, but said its forces killed 30 people during raids on their hideouts in Giza.

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Egypt police 'kill 40 militants' in raids after tourist bus blast -- BBC
Egypt kills 40 'terrorists' in crackdown after Giza attack -- AFP
Egypt Kills 40 Suspected Militants After Giza Bombing -- VOA/Reuters
Egypt kills 40 suspected militants after tourist bus attack -- DW
Egypt security forces kill 40 suspected terrorists in raids - report -- CNN
Egypt kills 40 ‘terrorists’ in crackdown after fatal Giza pyramids attack -- Times of Israel

Egyptian Security Forces Kill 19 Islamist Militants After Deadly Attack On Christians

BBC: Coptic Christian attack: Egypt police 'kill 19 attackers'

Nineteen Islamist militants accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Christians in Egypt have been killed by police, the interior ministry says.

They died in a shoot-out after police pursued "fugitive terrorist elements" into the desert area west of Minya province, the statement said.

Seven Coptic Christians were killed in an attack on two buses near a monastery in Minya on Friday.

The Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out the attack.

It was the latest in a series of attacks by extremists on Egypt's Coptic Christian minority.

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More News On Egyptian Security Forces Killing 19 Islamist Militants After A Deadly Attack On Christians

Egyptian security forces kill 19 militants in desert shootout -- The Guardian/AP
19 militants killed in Egypt security operation after attack on Christians -- CBC/Reuters
Egypt Says It Killed 19 Militants After Deadly Attack on Christians -- The New York Times
Egypt: Police kill 19 jihadists over Copt pilgrim attack -- DW
Egypt security kills 19 militants following attack on Coptic Christians -- CNN
Egypt security forces kill 19 suspects linked to Coptic attack -- Al Jazeera

Another Terror Attack Against Christians In Egypt

BBC: Egypt attack: Twelve die as gunmen hit Coptic Christians

Twelve people have died in twin attacks on Coptic Christians in the Helwan area south of Cairo, officials say.

Ten people died when gunmen tried to storm a church south of Cairo, but were intercepted by police.

About an hour later, a Coptic-owned shop in the same area was attacked, leaving two dead.

More than 100 Christians have been killed in Egypt in the past year - most attacks claimed by the local branch of the so-called Islamic State group.

Security forces have put checkpoints in place around the capital in response to the attacks.

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Egypt says 10 killed in attack outside Cairo church -- AP
Gunmen attack church near Cairo, killing nine: ministry -- Reuters
Gunman kills 9 in attack on Egypt church -- AFP
At least nine killed as Egyptian forces foil attack on a church south of Cairo -- Ahram Online
9 dead after gunmen open fire at Coptic church near Cairo -- CNN
Egypt: Gunmen launch deadly attack on Coptic church -- DW
Egypt attack: At least 10 dead in attack on Coptic church south of Cairo -- ABC News Online
Egypt: Gunman launches deadly attack on Mar Mina Church -- Al Jazeera
Two Egyptian Policeman Killed During Attack on Church - Reports (GRAPHIC VIDEO) -- Sputnik

Egypt Launches Raids Against Militants Responsible For Yesterday's Mosque Attack

DW: Egypt targets militants following Sinai attack

The Egyptian military has carried out airstrikes and raids against militants reportedly linked to Friday's Sinai attack that killed at least 305 people. President el-Sissi promised the attack would "not go unpunished."

World leaders condemned Friday's deadly assault on a Sinai mosque, as Egypt hit back with airstrikes on suspected Islamist targets.

The United Nations also condemned the attack in "the strongest terms" and expressed its condolences for the victims' families and the people of Egypt.

Egypt received messages of solidarity and condolence from Israel, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Vatican.

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More News On Egypt Launching Raids Against Militants Responsible For Yesterday's Mosque Attack

Military operation underway against North Sinai mosque attackers: Source -- Ahram Online
Egyptian warplanes strike 'terrorist' targets after mosque attack kills 305 -- The Guardian
Egyptian military targets terrorists with airstrikes after mosque attack -- ABC News
Egyptian Military Launches Airstrikes In Retaliation For Gruesome Mosque Attack -- NPR
Egyptian air raid kills 'terrorist' mosque attackers -- Al Jazeera

More Details Emerge On Yesterday's Attack On A Sinai Mosque

Daily Mail: Twenty minutes of terror in the arena of death: How 30 masked ISIS jihadis used burnt-out cars to trap Egyptian worshippers outside a mosque before killing 305 - including 27 children

* Hundreds slaughtered after savage gun and bomb attack at an Egyptian mosque
* They were penned-in by the terrorists and gunned down while trying to escape
* The mosque was packed for Friday prayers when the gunmen began their attack
* President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi promised a 'brutal' response after the massacre
* At least 128 are also reported to have been injured as medics rush to the scene

The terrorists who slaughtered 305 people at a mosque in Egypt yesterday were carrying an ISIS flag and wearing masks, it has been revealed.

Around thirty gunmen created an arena of death around the holy house by blocking off escape routes with burnt-out cars before gunning down the penned-in worshippers in a 20-minute massacre.

The public prosecutor's office said today the gunmen, wearing masks and military-style uniforms, surrounded blocked windows and a doorway before setting off a bomb and opening fire with automatic rifles.

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More Details Emerge On Yesterday's Attack On A Sinai Mosque

The Latest: Survivors’ horrific accounts of Egypt attack -- AP
Survivors recall attack on mosque in Egypt’s Sinai, 305 dead -- AP
Gunmen in Egypt mosque attack carried Islamic State flag, prosecutor says -- Reuters
Sinai mosque death toll raised to 305 as reports claim gunmen carried Isis flags -- The Guardian
Up to 30 gunmen under ISIS flag attacked Egypt mosque, killing 305 people – Public Prosecutor -- RT
Egypt attack: IS flags carried by gunmen, say officials -- BBC
Egypt Attackers Hoisted Islamic State Flag -- Bloomberg
UPDATED: Death toll from North Sinai mosque attack rises to 305 -- Ahram Online
Egypt mosque attack death toll rises to 305, including 27 children: prosecution -- AFP
Egypt mosque death toll rises to 305, military carries out air strikes -- ABC News Online
Egypt mosque attack: Death toll rises, officials say militants brandished ISIS flag -- NBC News/AP
Death toll of Egypt mosque attack rises to 305 -- UPI
Mosque massacre: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to respond with 'brutal force' after 305 killed -- South China Morning Post
Egypt mourns more than 300 killed in mosque attack -- AFP
Most of the victims injured in North Sinai attack are in stable condition: Health ministry -- Ahram Online

Egypt's North Sinai Mosque Attack By Islamic Militants Leave 184 Dead, 120 Wounded

Ahram Online: At least 155 worshippers killed in terror attack on mosque in Egypt's North Sinai

At least 155 worshippers have been killed by gunmen who attacked a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai, official sources told state news agency MENA, making the attack one of the deadliest targeting civilians in the country in recent years.

The sources said at least 120 people were injured in the attack that targeted Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, in the west of Arish city.

The president’s office has announced a nationwide three-day mourning following the terrorist attack, state TV has reported.

According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Al-Ahram’s Arabic website, the gunmen fired heavily on worshippers after improvised explosive devices were detonated at the mosque.

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WNU Editor: Al Jazeera is reporting the death toll at 184 .... Deadly blast strikes mosque in Egypt's Sinai (Al Jazeera)

More News On Today's Sinai Mosque Attack By Islamic Militants

Attack on mosque in Egypt's Sinai kills at least 155: state media -- AFP
Egypt mosque attack: At least 155 killed in Sinai -- BBC
At least 155 people killed in attack on mosque in Egypt's north Sinai: State media -- CNBC/Reuters
'Scores killed' in Egypt mosque attack -- CNN
Egypt mosque attack leaves at least 155 dead, 120 wounded -- FOX News
Death toll in Egyptian mosque attack rises to at least 155, state media report -- Washington Post
Egypt mosque attack leaves more than 150 dead, 120 wounded -- NBC
State media: At least 155 killed in Egypt mosque attack -- USA Today
At Least 155 Killed in Bombing of Mosque in Egypt's Sinai -- Bloomberg
Mosque bombing, gunfire in Egypt's north Sinai leave at least 155 dead -- CBC/AP
Egypt mosque bombing: scores killed in Sinai attack -- DW
Egypt attack: More than 100 dead, dozens injured after militants target mosque, state media reports -- ABC News Online

Militants Slaughter Egyptian Security Forces 185 Miles South West Of Cairo. 59 Killed In Planned Ambush

Daily Mail/Reuters/AFP: More than 50 Egyptian police and conscripts are killed in deadly rocket and bomb ambush by Islamic militants near desert oasis

* Islamic terrorists ambushed security forces with rockets, bombs and guns
* The security forces were on the way to raid a suspected jihadi desert hide out
* Officials claimed the attack took place some 185 miles south west of Cairo
* The oasis is located in the Western Desert which is not known for jihadi violence

At least 52 Egyptian police and military have been killed with six wounded following an ambush by Islamic militants in the country's Western Desert.

The security forces were planning to raid a suspected jihadi hideout when the terrorists launched their attack using rockets, bombs and machine guns.

A number of the jihadis were also killed although officials have not released the number.

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WNU Editor: The survivors were executed. This was a massacre.

More News On Militants Slaughtering Egyptian Security Forces 185 Miles South West Of Cairo

Desert Ambush in Egypt on Security Convoy Kills at Least 59 -- New York Times
54 Egyptian police killed in ambush, say officials -- AP
Egypt police suffer scores of casualties in ambush -- Al Jazeera
Death toll from Egypt gun battle rises to 52 killed: sources -- Reuters
Militants kill Egyptian security forces in desert shoot-out -- BBC
Egypt: Hasm militants kill dozens of police after botched raid -- DW

16 Egyptian Police Officers Killed In Shootout Southwest Of Cairo

Al Arabiya: 16 Egyptian police officers killed in shootout in Giza

Al-Arabiya correspondent in Cairo reported on Friday that 16 security forces personnel were killed in clashes with militants in Giza, southwest Cairo.

According to news agencies, quoting security sources, the 16 police officers were killed in a shoot-out on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Egypt’s Western desert.

The sources said authorities were following a lead to an apartment thought to house eight suspected members of Hasm, a group which has claimed several attacks around the capital targeting judges and policemen since last year.

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Update: At Least Sixteen Police Officers Killed in Shoot-Out in Egypt's Western Desert: Security Sources (US News and World Report/Reuters)

WNU Editor: The Western media focus is on Egypt's war against militants in Sinai, but today's heavy death toll from a police raid clearly indicates (again) that Egypt's terror problem is deeply rooted within the country itself.

Egyptian Tank Crew Crushes Suicide Car Bombers Before Massive Explosion At Checkpoint

The Independent: Egyptian tank crew crushes car bomb ‘to save 50 people’

Egyptian military attempt to use tank to contain blast

An Egyptian tank crew have been praised for saving over 50 people's lives after they ran over a car bomb to prevent a suicide attack.

Seven civilians, including two young children, were killed when the bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula.

The military said the tank intercepted the vehicle at a checkpoint near the city of Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, and tried to contain the expected blast by running over the car.

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WNU editor: You can tell that the ones who died were the ones who decided to hide behind their cars instead of running away as far as possible from what was happening at the checkpoint .... while those who ran away survived.

More News On An Egyptian Tank Crew Crushing A Car Filled With Suicide Bombers Before A Massive Explosion At Sinai Checkpoint

Tank crushes car packed with explosives in Egypt -- The Telegraph
Egyptian tank crew 'saves 50 people' from deadly suicide bomb by CRUSHING car packed with 200lbs of explosives -- Daily Mail
Egyptian tank pancakes suicide car bombers -- YNet News
Tank crushes car full of bombers before massive explosion at Egypt checkpoint (VIDEO) -- RT

Coptic Christians Targeted And Massacred In Egypt By Militants -- News Roundup

Daily Mail: At least 28 people killed, including children, as masked gunmen 'dressed in military uniforms' open fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians to pray at a monastery in Egypt

* WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
* Ten masked gunmen opened fire on buses carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt
* At least 28 killed and more injured when attackers sprayed bullets at the convoy
* Worshippers were heading to St Samuel Monastery to pray when gunmen struck
* ISIS has claimed responsibility for recent deadly attacks on churches in Egypt

At least 28 people including children are dead and injured 25 after masked gunmen opened fire on buses carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt, it has emerged.

Up to 10 masked attackers dressed in military uniforms stopped a convoy in Minya province, 140 miles south of Cairo, as the group was heading towards Saint Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha to pray.

The gunmen, who arrived in three four-wheel drive vehicles, used automatic weapons to spray bullets at the convoy before fleeing. A health ministry official said a 'large number' of victims were children.

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Coptic Christians Targeted And Massacred In Egypt By Militants -- News Roundup

Militants attack Christians in Egypt, killing at least 28 -- AP
Masked gunmen kill 28 in attack on Christians in Egypt -- Reuters
Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack -- BBC
New attack on Egypt Christians kills 28 -- AFP
Gunmen kill 26 in latest attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt -- The Guardian
Gunmen kill at least 28 Coptic Christians in central Egypt -- Washington post
Coptic Christians killed in Minya bus attack -- Al Jazeera
Egypt Attack: Coptic Christians Killed on Bus Heading to Monastery -- NBC
Egypt bus attack: Coptic Christians targeted, at least 28 killed -- FOX News
Gunmen kill 26 Coptic Christians on buses bound for Egyptian monastery -- ABC News Online
Egypt: 26 killed in attack on Coptic Christians -- DW
Egypt attack: Gunmen kill at least 28 Coptic Christians in bus ambush -- USA Today
23 killed in attack targeting Egypt's Coptic Christians -- UPI
Coptic Orthodox Church says it 'suffers with the whole nation' following deadly attack on Christians in Egypt's Minya -- Ahram Online
Children among dozens killed as gunmen ambush convoy of Egyptian Coptic Christians (GRAPHIC VIDEO) -- RT
Egypt's targeted Christian Copts -- AFP

Massacre Of Christians In Egypt

WNU Editor: From the AP .... Militants attack Christians in Egypt, killing at least 28 (AP). I will be updating this story later this morning.

In A Coordinated Bomb Attack Scores Are Killed At Two Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday

Reuters: Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches kill 36, injure more than 100

At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same month that Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt.

The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta city less than 100 kilometers outside Cairo, killed at least 25 and injured at least 78, Egypt's Ministry of Health said.

The second, carried out just a few hours later by a suicide bomber in Alexandria, hit the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 11, including three police officers, and injuring 35, the ministry added.

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Church bombing north of Egypt's capital kills 26 -- AP
Palm Sunday church bombings kill at least 36 in Egypt -- AFP
Egypt's Coptic churches hit by deadly blasts on Palm Sunday -- BBC
Two Explosions Kill at Least 31 at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday -- New York Times
Blasts at Christian churches in Egypt kill dozens on Palm Sunday -- CNN
Dozens Killed in Attacks on Two Egyptian Churches on Palm Sunday -- Bloomberg
Egypt church bombings kill at least 37, injures dozens -- ABC News Online
Deadly bomb blasts hit churches in Egypt -- DW
Explosions hit Coptic churches in Tanta, Alexandria -- Al Jazeera

Bombing Attack At Cairo's Largest Coptic Cathedral Has Killed 25 And Wounded 49

Reuters: Cairo church bombing kills 25, raises fears among Christians

A bombing at Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in years.

The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms have angered the poor, a bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has seen thousands jailed, whilst an insurgency rages in Northern Sinai, led by the Egyptian branch of Islamic State.

The militant group has also carried out deadly attacks in Cairo and has urged its supporters to launch attacks around the world in recent weeks as it goes on the defensive in its Iraqi and Syrian strongholds.

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More News On Today`s Bombing Attack At Cairo's Largest Coptic Cathedral That Killed 25 And Wounded 49

Bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral kills 25 -- AP
Bombing kills at least 25 near Cairo Coptic cathedral -- AFP
At least 25 killed in explosion at Coptic Christian chapel in Cairo -- UPI
Bomb Hits Coptic Christian Church In Cairo, Killing At Least 25 -- NPR
25 deaths tarnish Sunday mass and Islamic holiday -- Daily News Egypt
Bomb explodes in Cairo’s Coptic cathedral -- Al Arabiya
Cairo: 25 killed by bomb blast near St Mark's Cathedral -- Al Jazeera

Roadside Bomb On A Cairo Road Leading To The Pyramids Kills 6 Policemen

New York Times: Bomb at Checkpoint in Cairo Area Kills 6 Police Officers

CAIRO — A bomb ripped through a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Cairo on Friday, killing six police officers and wounding three others, officials said, in the latest in a series of deadly attacks this year.

The bomb detonated next to a large mosque in Cairo’s twin city, Giza, less than two hours before hundreds flocked to the area for Friday Prayer.

The militant group Hasm, or Decisiveness, which has claimed responsibility for previous attacks at Egyptian security checkpoints, said it had carried out the bombing. The claim could not be verified.

Militants have frequently targeted Egyptian security forces since the military ousted the Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, in 2013 and subsequently killed hundreds of his backers.

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WNU Editor: Make no mistake on who is this the real target in this attack .... it is the tourist industry.

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Bombing on Cairo road to pyramids kills 6 Egyptian police -- AP
Explosion in Cairo kills 6 Egyptian policemen, injures others -- Washington Post
Cairo Blast Targets Egyptian Security Forces, Killing Six -- WSJ
Six people killed in bomb blast near the pyramids - Islamists strike along road used to transport tourists in Egypt -- Daily Mail
Militants claim Cairo blast that killed six police -- Reuters
Cairo bombing: Hasm Movement claims responsibility for explosion that killed six near Giza pyramids -- The Independent
Egygtian armed group claims Cairo bomb attack -- Al Jazeera

Egypt's War Against Islamic Militants In The Sinai Is Intensifying

Wall Street Journal: Egypt Says Its Forces Killed Scores of Militants in Sinai Battle

Warplanes, helicopters carried out deadly airstrikes against Islamic State’s affiliate, military says

CAIRO—Egypt’s military said Friday its warplanes and helicopters killed 70 militants in two days of airstrikes against Islamic State’s affiliate in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

Rebels belonging to the radical group’s local branch, Sinai Province, swarmed more than a dozen army positions around the town of Sheikh Zuwayed on Wednesday in the largest assault on Egypt’s military in recent years.

Thirty-five Islamist fighters were killed during air raids on the first day of fighting, some of them by the militants’ own improvised explosive devices as they fled the bombing, state media quoted unnamed army sources as saying.

Another 35 militants were killed by air raids on Thursday, as government forces continued fighting to regain control of Sheikh Zuwayed, the state media reported.

More News On Egypt's War Against Islamic Militants In The Sinai

Egypt, Stunned by Sinai Assault, Vows to Erase ‘Terrorist Dens’ -- NYT
Security forces kill 70 militants in North Sinai over the past 48 hours: MENA -- Ahram Online
Bloody ISIS campaign spills across region, into Egypt -- CNN
Two leaders of Sinai Islamist group killed -- Al Arabiya
Egypt beefs up security at holiday resorts after ISIS murders 50 soldiers and 'takes land' just 250 miles from tourist hot-spots -- Daily Mail
Egypt looks for answers after brutal Sinai attack -- HA Hellyer, BBC
Egypt’s Self-Inflicted Slaughter -- Ruth Michaelson, Daily Beast
How Egypt lost Sinai long before the ISIS attacks -- Haaretz
Analysis: Egypt is losing its war against ISIS in Sinai -- Jerusalem Post

Suicide Bombers Attack Egypt's Historic Luxor Temple

CNN: Luxor suicide bomber, another assailant die in attack on temple, Egypt says

(CNN)Two assailants were killed and one injured in a thwarted attack at Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

The attackers confronted security officials at Karnak with firearms and explosives, Egypt's Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The three men, who were in a car, tried to enter the temple's parking lot when a plainclothes policeman forced it to stop, Egypt's Tourism Ministry said. Security forces confronted them, and two were killed: one died when he detonated the explosives he was carrying, and another was shot in the head, the Interior Ministry added.

The third militant was injured.

WNU Editor: These militants were targeting the tourists. Kudos to the security forces.

More News On Today's Suicide Bomb Attack At Egypt's Historic Luxor Temple

Suicide bomber attacks tourist site in Luxor, four Egyptians wounded -- Reuters
Militants Hit Karnak Temple, in 2nd Recent Attack on Egyptian Tourist Sites -- NYT:
Suicide bombers target Egypt’s famed temple site at Luxor -- Washington Post
Suicide bomber targets ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor -- AP
Egypt police foil suicide attack at famed Luxor temple -- AFP
Suicide attack outside Karnak temple in Egypt's Luxor -- BBC
2 suspected militants killed, 4 wounded in suicide attack on ancient Egyptian temple -- FOX News
Terrorist attack in Luxor's Karnak did not affect temple: Official -- Ahram Online

Egypt Declares A State of Emergency In Sinai After Attacks Kill 31 Egyptian Soldiers

Egypt Declares State Of Emergency In Sinai -- Al Jazeera

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issues order after 30 soldiers were killed in gun and bomb attack in the country's north.

Egypt has declared a state of emergency in the north and centre of the Sinai Peninsula after a suicide car bombing killed at least 30 soldiers.

The measures will begin on Saturday at 03:00 GMT "for [a] duration of three months," Presidency Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in a statement, in the wake of the deadliest attack on the security forces since the army deposed President Mohamed Morsi last year.

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Egypt imposes state of emergency in Sinai after attacks -- BBC
Egypt's Sinai in lockdown after suicide blast kills 30 troops -- AFP
Egypt Declares Emergency After Sinai Attack -- SKY News
Egypt declares state of emergency in Sinai after bombing -- Deutsche Welle
Egypt declares state of emergency in Sinai after checkpoint bombing -- The Guardian
Egypt imposes state of emergency in Sinai after bomb kills 30 soldiers -- The Telegraph
Egypt Declares State of Emergency in Sinai after Attacks Kill 31 Soldiers -- IBTimes
Sisi says Egypt battling 'a huge war', declares emergency rule in Sinai -- Middle East Eye
Egypt's president: Foreign hands behind attack that killed 30 troops in Sinai -- FOX News/AP
President Sisi says jihadists threaten Egypt's existence -- BBC

Car Bomb Attack Kills 26 Egyptian Soldiers At An Army Checkpoint In The Sinai

Dozens Killed In Sinai Army Checkpoint Blast -- Al Jazeera

Egyptian president calls defence council meeting after at least 26 are killed and 28 injured in attack.

At least 26 people have been killed in an attack on an army checkpoint in Egypt's North Sinai, state media has reported.

The attack on Friday afternoon hit an army checkpoint at Karm al-Qawadeis, southwest of Sheikh Zuweid.

The AP news agency quoted unnamed security officials as saying that a suicide bomber was responsible, although unconfirmed reports said rockets and mortar bombs were also used, causing a secondary explosion.

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More News On Today's Car Bomb Attack That Killed 26 Egyptian Soldiers At An Army Checkpoint In The Sinai

Sinai Car Bomb Kills 26 Egyptian Soldiers, Official Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Car bomb kills at least 25 security forces in Egypt's Sinai -- Reuters
Dozens dead in attack in Egypt's Sinai -- Deutsche Welle
Death toll rises to 26 soldiers from car bomb on Sinai checkpoint -- Ahram Online
Egypt: Sinai car bomb kills at least 25 soldiers -- BBC
Security Forces: At least 25 Dead in Attack in Egypt's Sinai -- VOA
Car bomb targeting Egyptian soldiers kills 25 in Sinai -- Haaretz/Reuters

Is ISIS Spreading To Egypt?

Egypt's most dangerous militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has released a shocking new video in which four men, accused of being Israeli Mossad spies, are beheaded

Influence Of ISIS Spreads To Egypt Where Militants Decapitate Four 'Israeli Mossad Spies' In Video That Echoes Recent Islamist Beheadings -- Daily Mail

* WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sinai-based militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis release video of brutal beheading of four Egyptians
* Militant group claim the men had been spying for Israel's Mossad spy agency
* Security source said headless corpses found in Sinai earlier this month
* Men had reportedly been abducted by gunmen two days earlier in Sheikh Zuwaid

Militants in Egypt have claimed to have beheaded four men accused of being Israeli Mossad spies in the latest video atrocity, apparently inspired by the tactics of Islamic State.

Egypt's most dangerous militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has released the video, in which they accuse the four Egyptians of spying for Israel's Mossad spy agency.

In the video, the captives can be seen kneeling on the floor with armed men in black masks standing behind them as one of the militants reads out a statement. Minutes later the four men have been beheaded.

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My Comment: It appears that for radical Muslims .... waving the flag, committing murder, and posting the video on social media while boasting that you are now a part of ISIS .... all of this is the newest trend.

Cairo Rocked By A Wave Of Bombings

Cairo Rocked By Deadly Bomb Attacks -- Al Jazeera

Four blasts in Egyptian capital kill six and injure more than 70 in attacks apparently aimed at police.

The first and deadliest explosion tore through the security directorate in downtown Cairo, killing four people and injuring more than 70, according to the Health Ministry. Officers at the scene said it was a suicide car bombing.

The blast left a deep crater in the street, and was large enough to shatter windows in shops hundreds of metres away. It also caused extensive damage to the Islamic antiquities museum across the street.

Witnesses said they heard gunshots before the explosion. "It was around 7am this morning. I heard shots and then the ground shook, the windows shattered," said Mohamed Taher, sweeping broken glass outside his cafe near the bomb site.

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More News On Today's terror Bombings In Cairo

Egypt Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Bombing Wave Hits Egypt Cities Amid Fear Of More Violence -- Reuters
Egypt militants step up campaign with Cairo blasts -- BBC
Egyptian Capital Reeling From Multiple Bombings -- Voice of America
Bombings rock Egyptian capital, killing 6 people -- AP
Bombing at Egyptian police building damages nearby Islamic museum -- L.A. Times
Cairo's Islamic Art Museum hit in blast -- BBC
At least 10 dead in police station bombings, clashes with security forces in Egypt -- Washington Post
Cairo Bombs Raise Public Outrage Against Muslim Brotherhood Despite Denials -- Time