Violence by suspected extremists and counter raids by security forces continued in Sinai on Monday and Tuesday as Egypt marks two years since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, a development that triggered non-stop violence in the restive peninsula.
In Sheikh Zuweid, South Sinai, eyewitnesses reported the death of two kids and the injury of three others when a missile hit their home on Tuesday.
On Monday, people in the same region discovered the bodies of two children and a teacher. Army forces were informed and the bodies were transferred to the hospital.
A security source in North Sinai said the bodies were shot in the head and chest.
Also in Sheikh Zuweid, a roadside bomb killed two engineers and wounded 13 workers all employed by the Transport Ministry's North Sinai department. Eyewitnesses told Al-Masry Al-Youm the IED went off when the workers’ bus was moving along the Arish-Rafah road
Security sources, meanwhile, said army raids in Arish and Sheikh Zuweid managed to apprehend 18 suspects and destroy several suspected terrorist havens.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
