Egypt's Sinai Peninsula hit by deadly bomb attacks

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Source: BBC

At least 13 people have been killed in separate bomb attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security forces have said.

At least six people died and 30 others were injured in an explosion outside a police station in El-Arish.

Elsewhere, seven soldiers lost their lives and two were wounded in an attack on an armoured vehicle, near the northern town of Sheikh Zuweid.

Militants from the Sinai Province group, affiliated to Islamic State, have said they carried out the attacks.

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