2016 Arish attack
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| Attack Al-Arish 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Part of Sinai insurgency | |
| Location | Arish, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| Deaths | 13 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Victims | Soldiers and policemen |
| Perpetrators | |
Location on the Sinai Peninsula of the three cities attacked in January 2015 by Wilayat Sinai.
The 2016 el Arish attack was a mortar attack by ISIS on March 20, 2016 in which thirteen Egyptian policemen and soldiers were killed at a security checkpoint in Sinai's Al-Arish.[1][2]
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, the mortar attack targeted Al-Safa checkpoint and at least 13 police officers and soldiers died.[3][4][5][6]
See also
[edit | edit source]- October 2014 Sinai attacks
- July 2015 Sinai attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016
References
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Categories:
- 21st-century mass murders in Egypt
- Attacks on police stations in 2016
- ISIL terrorist incidents in Egypt
- Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016
- Arish
- 2016 mass murders
- Sinai insurgency
- Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2016
- Terrorist incidents in the Sinai Peninsula
- Attacks on police stations in Egypt
- Attacks on military installations in 2016
- Attacks on military installations in Egypt