Seven civilians killed in blast in north Sinai, Egyptian army says
CAIRO. KAZINFORM Seven civilians, including two children, were killed in a blast near a military checkpoint in north Sinai, the Egyptian army said on Monday, according to WAM .
The victims, including three men, two women, and two children, happened to be in the area where the blast took place, the army said in a statement carried by Deutsche-Presse Agentur, DPA.
The explosion occurred when a tank came across a booby-trapped four-wheel-drive vehicle that had tried to storm the barriers south of the city of Arish, a spokesman for the Egyptian armed forces said on Facebook.
Egypt's army has been battling a group affiliated with Daesh in the northern Sinai area, DPA added.
[Image caption: Map locating Sinai in Egypt where deadly car bombing took place near a military