Gunmen kill 21 Egyptian troops in security checkpoint attack
Gunmen killed 21 Egyptian soldiers at a security checkpoint on Saturday. Security officials said the attackers were smugglers but an army spokesman said the assailants were "terrorists".
At least 21 Egyptian soldiers dead in checkpoint attack
Gunmen killed 21 Egyptian soldiers at a security checkpoint on Saturday.
Officials said a weapons storage facility was blown up by a rocket-propelled grenade during the attack in Wadi al-Gadid governorate in western Egypt.
Security officials said the attackers were smugglers but an army spokesman said the assailants were "terrorists".
Two of the gunmen were killed in the clashes.
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