An affiliate of the Islamic state has claimed
responsibility for a bombing that killed four people in a hotel in the
North Sinai capital al-Arish on Tuesday.
A car bomb exploded outside the hotel housing election judges,
killing at least four people and injuring 17.
The blasts came a day after
the second round of a parliamentary election closed.¡¡A suicide bomber
tried to drive a car bomb into the hotel before security forces opened
fire on him, causing the car to explode.
The bomber and three others, two policemen and a judge, were killed.
Two judges, seven policemen and five hotel staff were injured,
authorities added. State television and security sources first said a
car bomb exploded then a second blast hit the area about ten minutes
later.
Source: CCTV Africa
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
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