Attack on Suez Canal, three agents killed. Terrorism Hypothesis. Security circles, reports Lapresse, spoke of a terrorist attack, the first of its kind in a city in the United StatesEgypt for almost three years, except in the Sinai Peninsula, where jihadist groups are widespread.
The attack in the Suez Canal
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Security sources told by Lapresse add that two gunmen got out of two cars approaching the checkpoint installed in a residential area of Ismailiya (northeast) and started firing automatic weapons at the police. Three police officers were killed and four injured, including another officer.
Other police officers responded by opening fire, killing one of the attackers and wounding the other, who nevertheless managed to escape, according to the same sources. In recent years, attacks on security forces and state officials have been concentrated in the eastern Sinai Peninsula, where the jihadist insurgency is now in decline.
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