Four Ministry of Interior conscripts were wounded in an attack on a bus in Sheikh Zuweid Sunday morning.
According to a statement released by the armed forces spokesperson, three of the conscripts are recovering in a hospital at time of print, while the fourth, Tohamy Al-Saeed Tohamy, was killed.
The bus, which was attacked on its way from Rafah to Arish, was transporting the conscripts home for leave at the time of the attack.
An armed forces spokesman said that “terrorists” were behind the attack, but gave no specifics as to their identities or whereabouts.
Aswat Masriya quoted a security source as saying a hunt for the perpetrators was underway.
Attacks against security forces have been on the rise since Mohamed Morsi’s 3 July ouster. Six military policemen were killed at a Mostorod checkpoint on 15 March by gunmen who then planted bombs with the intention of attacking rescue crews.
The Sinai Peninsula has seen frequent attacks by militants as the army is fighting a campaign against armed, Al-Qaeda-inspired militants who take advantage of the peninsula’s isolation to train fighters and carry out attacks against both the police and army.
