ISIS Wing Claims Responsibility For Egypt Attacks That Left 26 Officers Dead

Militants struck more than a dozen targets simultaneously on Thursday. The attacks came as protesters continued to commemorate four years since the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak.

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10:10 PM - 29 Jan 2015

A dozen attacks in Egypt's North Sinai province left at least 26 soldiers and police dead on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.

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The coordinated attacks were claimed by an Egyptian wing of ISIS, Reuters reported. An army spokesman blamed the Muslim Brotherhood.

The attacks included a car bomb and mortars fired at a military base, as well as mortar rounds fired at a hotel, police hangout, and checkpoints.

About 60 people were injured, and state newspaper al-Ahram also said its office was destroyed.

Militants in the Sinai area have been at odds with police for months, the AP reported, and the region has been under a state of emergency with a curfew since an October attack that left 31 soldiers dead.

The attacks came as protests continued commemorating four years since the ousting of longtime President Hosni Mubarak.

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Reuters reported 26 protesters were killed earlier this week by security forces. On Thursday, women took to the street to protest the death of activist Shaimaa Sabbagh.

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans while holding a poster of Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim with the words, "Wanted, the killer of Shaimaa al-Sabbagh," during a protest by women at the same location in central Cairo where she was killed on Saturday.