Four Egyptian soldiers were killed and 13 others injured when militants attacked their bus in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, prompting the military to threaten the complete elimination of members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
The attack took place 50 metres from a security checkpoint and comes a day after militant group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for bringing down a military helicopter in a rocket attack in North Sinai that killed its crew of five soldiers.The 13 soldiers injured in today’s attack were taken to Suez military hospital. The army blames the Muslim Brotherhood for most of the violence in the country.