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Egyptian soldiers killed in Ismailiya and Sinai attacks Egyptian soldiers killed in Ismailiya and Sinai attacks
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Egyptian security forces have been targeted in several attacks around the country, reports say. At least nine Egyptian soldiers and police officers have been killed in two attacks in different regions.
Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers who were in a patrol vehicle outside of the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials. Officials said a car bomb killed three police officers in southern Sinai, hours after masked gunmen shot dead six soldiers in a patrol car outside the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya.
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. Rockets also hit a government-run satellite station in Cairo. No group has said it carried out the attacks.
The attacks follow a day of deadly clashes on Sunday. Dozens died on Sunday in clashes between Islamists and security forces.
Security forces have been the frequent victims of attacks in northern Sinai, where analysts say a fully fledged insurgency is building. Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi fought with security forces in Cairo, in the most intense violence for several weeks.
But the south of the peninsula - key to Egypt's economy due to tourism - has remained largely peaceful, until the attack in al-Tour on Monday. Cairo itself has returned to calm, although the Islamists have urged their supporters to continue their protests.
In Monday's string of attacks:In Monday's string of attacks:
Police in Qaliubiya, north of Cairo, arrested 38 members of the Muslim Brotherhood carrying petrol bombs, firecrackers and masks as they stormed a metro station, reported Mena state news agency.Police in Qaliubiya, north of Cairo, arrested 38 members of the Muslim Brotherhood carrying petrol bombs, firecrackers and masks as they stormed a metro station, reported Mena state news agency.
The Brotherhood members "opened fire on police troops and residents and destroyed entrance and exit gates of the station", it said.The Brotherhood members "opened fire on police troops and residents and destroyed entrance and exit gates of the station", it said.
Sinai has been dubbed the "new Afghanistan", the BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from Cairo, and the Egyptian military is in the middle of an enormous operation there. Security forces have been the frequent victims of attacks in northern Sinai, where analysts say a fully fledged insurgency is building.
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. But the south of the peninsula, which is a centre of tourism, had remained largely peaceful until the attack in al-Tour on Monday.
Cairo itself has returned to calm for now, although the Islamists have urged their supporters to continue their protests. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Cairo says Sinai is a magnet for militants, and weapons have been shipped there from Libya.
The Egyptian military is in the middle of its biggest operation in Sinai for many years, he adds.
Monday's attacks will raise further fears of a confrontation between Islamists and the army, correspondents say.Monday's attacks will raise further fears of a confrontation between Islamists and the army, correspondents say.