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Gunmen kill 15 Egyptian soldiers in checkpoint attack

By AFP
Nigeria Egyptian soldiers stand guard in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013.  By  AFPFile
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Egyptian soldiers stand guard in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013. By (AFP/File)

Cairo (AFP) - Gunmen killed 15 soldiers at a checkpoint in western Egypt on Saturday, security officials said, in one of their biggest assaults since president Mohamed Morsi's ouster last year.

Militants have stepped up attacks on the security forces since Morsi was toppled as the army struggles to quell an Islamist insurgency that has killed scores of soldiers and policemen, mainly in the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

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