6 shot bodies found in Arish – sources

Saturday 24-01-2015 12:37 PM
6 shot bodies found in Arish – sources

Sinai Bedouins - Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

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NORTH SINAI, Jan 24 (Aswat Masriya) – North Sinai’s al-Arish residents found on Saturday morning six unidentified bodies shot dead, security sources said.

The deceased were shot in the head and body, the sources said, adding that they were taken to the Arish General Hospital.

The number of security personnel and civilians killed in armed attacks by militants in North Sinai significantly surged during the past few months. 

Residents of the Sheikh Zuweid region found on August 20, 2014 the decapitated bodies of four civilians.

In a video allegedly released in August by the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt's deadliest militant group, the group claimed responsibility for the beheading of the four civilians, accusing them of providing intelligence to Israel.

Similar executions of civilians have been repeatedly occurring since then, gripping the lives of dozens of residents.

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped on January 11 police officer Ayman al-Desouki, who worked at the Rafah border-crossing. Desouki’s body was found in North Sinai two days later, with two gunshots to the head.

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