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| CAIRO — Suicide bombers attacked a security checkpoint and a civilian bus in the south of the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding at least seven people, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry. | CAIRO — Suicide bombers attacked a security checkpoint and a civilian bus in the south of the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding at least seven people, according to Egypt’s Interior Ministry. |
| The twin attacks in Sinai occurred around El Tor, the provincial capital of the region, about 70 miles from some of Egypt’s most popular tourist resorts in Sharm el-Sheikh. In a separate attack, a traffic officer was killed and at least three other officers were injured in Cairo by an improvised explosive device, the Interior Ministry said. | The twin attacks in Sinai occurred around El Tor, the provincial capital of the region, about 70 miles from some of Egypt’s most popular tourist resorts in Sharm el-Sheikh. In a separate attack, a traffic officer was killed and at least three other officers were injured in Cairo by an improvised explosive device, the Interior Ministry said. |
| The spate of violence on Friday renewed concerns that militants were planning to intensify their attacks in the weeks leading up to Egypt’s presidential election, scheduled for the end of May. | |
| Militant attacks on security forces have become routine over the last eight months, but violence directly targeting civilians has been more unusual. The Interior Ministry said the bus had been carrying factory workers, while state media said the passengers worked for a tourism company. | |
| Hundreds of soldiers and police officers, many of them junior conscripts, have been killed since August, when militants began a campaign of violence that they have framed as retaliation for abuses by the security services. The almost daily bombings or shootings, including regular attacks inside Cairo, have further crippled Egypt’s tourism industry, which has already seen a dramatic loss of revenue due to political unrest over the last few years. | Hundreds of soldiers and police officers, many of them junior conscripts, have been killed since August, when militants began a campaign of violence that they have framed as retaliation for abuses by the security services. The almost daily bombings or shootings, including regular attacks inside Cairo, have further crippled Egypt’s tourism industry, which has already seen a dramatic loss of revenue due to political unrest over the last few years. |
| In February, militants attacked a bus carrying South Korean tourists in a resort town in southern Sinai, killing four people. | In February, militants attacked a bus carrying South Korean tourists in a resort town in southern Sinai, killing four people. |