The attack took place on a water lifting station east of the Suez Canal. (representative)
An officer and ten Egyptian soldiers were killed after they “thwarted a terrorist attack” at a water lifting station east of the Suez Canal, an army spokesman said Saturday.
Security personnel were killed after clashes with a group of militants who attacked the station, injuring five others.
“The terrorist elements are being pursued and besieged in one of the isolated areas of Sinai,” the spokesman added in a statement.
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