ICC Note:

ISIS is reportedly retaliating against security forces in Egypt. Two officers were killed and another four injured in a roadside bomb attack. The Egyptian forces are said to be working towards securing Sinai, causing ISIS militants to react harmfully and desperately. Coptic Christians continue to face targeted attacks and discrimination in the Sinai Peninsula with little signs of slowing down.

3/16/2017 Egypt (ABC News) – Islamic militants detonated a roadside bomb in Egypt’s northern Sinai, killing two officers and wounding four in the latest attack in the restive peninsula, the Interior Ministry and security officials said Friday.

The explosion took place when a security patrol came upon a militant planting the device by a road in the town of el-Arish on Thursday evening. Security forces fired and killed the militant while his accomplices fled, setting off the device, according to the statement.

The two slain officers were a lieutenant-colonel and a captain, the officials said. A discarded explosives-laden suicide vest was found at the site of the blast, they added, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The bombing came a day after suspected militants killed Col. Yasser Mohammed el-Hadidi, a senior officer in el-Arish, also using a remote-controlled device.

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