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Egyptian soldiers killed, injured in Sinai suicide attack
Aug 19, 2011, 9:19 GMT
Cairo - A number of Egyptian soldiers were killed and injured early Friday in a suicide bomb attack in the Egyptian region of Sinai near the border with Israel, Cairo security sources said.
The exact number of casualties in the attack was still being investigated, the source told the German Press Agency dpa.
He added that the identity of the assailant had yet to be established.
The Egyptian army has been fighting gunmen and suspected terrorists in a massive-scale crackdown in the Sinai Peninsula since August 12.
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