Gunmen kill politician in Egypt Sinai

August 7th, 2013

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

The pro-army politician identified as Abdel Hamid Selmi was killed near a mosque in the northern town of el-Arish Wednesday morning, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

Selmi, a former lawmaker, was reportedly an influential member of a tribe living in the area.

The motive behind the killing remains unclear as no group has yet claimed responsibility for the assassination.

Following the killing, hundreds of his tribesmen held a demonstration to condemn the attack.

The Sinai Peninsula has been witnessing a surge in deadly violence since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi by the army in early June.

On August 5, an Egyptian soldier was killed and two others injured in two separate attacks in the restive peninsula.

Meanwhile, the state news agency, MENA, said in a report that on August 4 unknown militants carried out bomb attacks against two Islamic shrines near the North Sinai town of Bir el-Abd and the area of el-Maghara farther south.

In another incident on the same day, one police officer was injured in a militant attack on a police club in el-Arish.

In July, there were reports of attacks on military checkpoints in Sinai.

MAM/KA

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