Twenty one Egyptian soldiers killed in attack on border checkpoint
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Egypt’s military said militants firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a border checkpoint Saturday, killing 21 soldiers in one of the biggest assaults on security forces in years. The attack in a desert area 630 kilometers (390 miles) west of Cairo also left four soldiers wounded, the military said in a statement, blaming “terrorists.” It said a rocket propelled grenade fired by the militants set off an explosion in an ammunition depot at the El-Farafrah post, killing the soldiers. read more