10 Egyptian soldiers killed in suicide bombing in North Sinai

At least ten Egyptian soldiers were killed and twenty others injured Friday in suicide bombing and shooting at army checkpoint in North Sinai's city of Rafah, official security sources said.

"A car broke into an army checkpoint in the village of Al-Bars, south of Rafah city which borders Palestinian Gaza Strip," the sources told Xinhua.

The explosion was followed by heavy gunfire from dozens of masked militants.

Ambulances rushed into the scene, and the security forces were combing the nearby roads in search for perpetrators.

The sources said the militants belong to Sinai-based self-sytle Sinai State, which declared loyalty to the Islamic State (IS) group in 2014.

However, the no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Egypt faces wave of anti-security attacks led by IS in North Sinai, since the army-led ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 in response to mass protests against his rule.

Hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed during the attacks.

SOURCE: XINHUA