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CAIRO — An Egyptian militant group that has carried out months of deadly assaults on the police and the military has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus that killed four people in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. CAIRO — An Egyptian militant group that has carried out months of deadly assaults on the police and the military has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a tourist bus that killed four people in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday.
The assertion by the group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, signaled an ominous turn in a battle militants have waged against the government since the military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in July. The bombing, in the Sinai town of Taba, was the first attack against tourists in years. Three South Korean citizens and an Egyptian bus driver were killed.The assertion by the group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, signaled an ominous turn in a battle militants have waged against the government since the military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in July. The bombing, in the Sinai town of Taba, was the first attack against tourists in years. Three South Korean citizens and an Egyptian bus driver were killed.
In a statement posted on jihadist websites late Monday, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said that the bombing was part of an “economic war against this regime of traitors.” It said that one of the group’s “heroes” had carried out the attack, but did not say how. Egyptian officials have said a suicide bomber was responsible.In a statement posted on jihadist websites late Monday, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said that the bombing was part of an “economic war against this regime of traitors.” It said that one of the group’s “heroes” had carried out the attack, but did not say how. Egyptian officials have said a suicide bomber was responsible.
The group, whose name translates as Supporters of Jerusalem, accused the Egyptian government of killing innocent people, imprisoning women and demolishing houses. “We will target its economic interests everywhere,” it said.The group, whose name translates as Supporters of Jerusalem, accused the Egyptian government of killing innocent people, imprisoning women and demolishing houses. “We will target its economic interests everywhere,” it said.
Militant attacks, mostly aimed at the police and the military, intensified in August after the security services cleared two Cairo squares where Islamist supporters of Mr. Morsi were holding sit-ins; hundreds of protesters were killed. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility for some of the most brazen attacks, including bombings of security installations, the attempted assassination of Egypt’s interior minister and the shooting down of a military helicopter.Militant attacks, mostly aimed at the police and the military, intensified in August after the security services cleared two Cairo squares where Islamist supporters of Mr. Morsi were holding sit-ins; hundreds of protesters were killed. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility for some of the most brazen attacks, including bombings of security installations, the attempted assassination of Egypt’s interior minister and the shooting down of a military helicopter.
The bombing of the bus signaled a shift in tactics and threatened further harm to Egypt’s tourism industry, which has been badly damaged by three years of political turmoil.The bombing of the bus signaled a shift in tactics and threatened further harm to Egypt’s tourism industry, which has been badly damaged by three years of political turmoil.