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Egyptian security forces have been targeted in several attacks around the country, reports say. | |
Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers who were in a patrol vehicle outside of the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials. | |
A large car bomb struck headquarters of the security forces in southern Sinai, killing five, while a rocket attack hit a satellite station in a Cairo suburb. | |
The attacks follow a day of deadly clashes on Sunday. | |
Security forces have been the frequent victims of attacks in northern Sinai, where analysts say a fully fledged insurgency is building. | |
But the south of the peninsula - key to Egypt's economy due to tourism - has remained largely peaceful. | |
In Monday's string of violent attacks: | |
Sinai has been dubbed the "new Afghanistan", says the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Cairo, and the Egyptian military is in the middle of an enormous operation there. | |
The attacks on security targets come a day after more than 50 people were killed - mostly in Cairo - as the security forces clashed with thousands of supporters of the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, in the most intense violence for several weeks. | |
Cairo itself has returned to calm for now, although the Islamists have urged their supporters to continue their protests. | |
This morning's attacks will raise fears further of a confrontation between Islamists and the army, correspondents say. |