Egypt Declares State of Emergency Following Attack

Egyptian army deploys in Sinai (file photo).

The Egyptian government has declared a state of emergency in the northern Sinai Peninsula following a terrorist attack that killed dozens of soldiers.


Egypt has declared a state of emergency in the northern Sinai and imposed a three-hour curfew after Friday's terrorist attack that killed 31 army soldiers.

The government declared a three-month state of emergency in the northern and central Sinai Peninsula and closed the Rafah border crossing to Gaza until further notice.

A nightlong curfew was also imposed in towns and villages across the Sinai.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the deadly assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula was a "foreign-funded operation."

"There is a big conspiracy against us," he added while standing with army commanders ahead of a military funeral for the slain soldiers and officers.


No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. ...AllAfrica