(27.10.2014) A military checkpoint was hit by a car bomb in North Sinai on Friday, killing 28 Egyptian soldiers and injuring 30. Another attack hours later left three more soldiers dead.

A state of emergency was declared in Sinai soon after the attacks by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

A militant insurgency by jihadist groups in Sinai has intensified since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.