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Sinai car bomb kills 25 Egyptian soldiers

Another 20 people were injured.

By Ed Adamczyk
An Egyptian guard tower in the Sinai peninsula.UPI/Ismael Mohamad
An Egyptian guard tower in the Sinai peninsula.UPI/Ismael Mohamad | License Photo

EL ARISH , Egypt, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A car bomb Friday killed at least 25 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint in the Sinai peninsula.

At least 20 were injured in one of the most deadly attacks in months in the restive region, where Islamist splinter groups opposed to the Egyptian government have congregated since the 2011 overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. Jihadists are suspected in the attack.

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It occurred at a checkpoint at El Arish, in the northern part of the Egyptian-controlled peninsula. One official referred to the weapon used as a rocket-propelled grenade and not a car bomb.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's office referred to the incident as a "terrorist attack' in a statement, and an emergency meeting of Egypt's national Defense council was called.

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