Friday, July 1, 2016

Ramadan Death count: Egypt 01/07/16

(CAIRO)  -- The Egyptian army killed more than 30 suspected gunmen on Tuesday night when it launched multiple airstrikes at bunkers of reportedly used by the Sinai Province group in the northern Sinai Peninsula . Five airstrikes targeted bunkers of “hardliners” affiliated to Sinai Province -- a group formerly Ansar Beit al-Maqdis -- near the villages of Beit Amira, al-Shalaq and al-Lufitat south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid. The airstrikes, killed 33 gunmen and injured more than 50.

Ramadan death toll is now at 8,301