Militants claim responsibility

Cairo — An Egyptian militant group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings that killed three people and wounded eight on Friday in the southern Sinai Peninsula. In a statement posted yesterday on militant websites, al-Qaeda inspired group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis warned the Egyptian army “we will not rest until we achieve retribution for the blood and honour of the Muslims”.

In the first attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a bus carrying workers, killing one and wounding three.
Another bomber blew himself up at an army checkpoint, killing a soldier and a civilian passer-by and wounding five others.

The group urged the Egyptian people to “rebel against this oppressive and tyrannical regime” and not resort only to peaceful opposition movements. — AP