Sinai attacks: Islamist militants kill 26 in Egyptian peninsula

Group which pledged allegiance to Islamic State carried out simultaneous attacks on military targets

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi
(Image credit: Jewel Samad / AFP)

A series of simultaneous attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have left at least 26 people dead, many of them soldiers.

"Terrorist elements have attacked several police and army headquarters and facilities using explosive-laden vehicles and rockets," the Egyptian military told Al Jazeera.

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