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Egyptian president calls defence meeting
after at least 26 soldiers are killed and 28 injured in gun and bomb
attack.
Dozens killed in Sinai army checkpoint
blast
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Egyptian president calls defence meeting after at least 26 soldiers
are killed and 28 injured in gun and bomb attack.
Last updated: 24 Oct 2014 16:52
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At
least 26 soldiers 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.
Egyptian sources told Al Jazeera that a suicide car bomber detonated
his explosives near the checkpoint's magazine, causing it and an army vehicle
to explode. Fighters then attacked the site with guns and rocket-propelled
grenade.
The
source said the group attacked as soldiers were on break inside their tents.
State media reported that 28 people were wounded, several of whom were in
critical condition.
"Most
have been seriously injured and not all of them have been taken to hospital
yet," health ministry official Tareq Khater told the AFP news agency.
Army
helicopters were sent to transfer the injured to hospitals, the head of North
Sinai's doctors syndicate told the private satellite TV station CBC.
Local
media said that the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, ordered a
meeting of the government's national defence council following the blast.
The
council is made up of the prime minister, the head of the parliament, the
minister of defence and the commanders of the Egyptian armed forces, and is
chaired by the president.
The
attack is one of the deadliest since Sisi overthrew Mohamed Morsi from the
presidency and declared his Muslim Brotherhood movement a terrorist
organisation.
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