Egypt airport HORROR: One killed and two wounded in shelling attack
AN officer has been killed and two others wounded following a shell attack on a military airport near Arish in Egypt's North Sinai region.
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The attack is believed to have happened while the Ministers of Defense and Interior were visiting Arish, which is located close to the Gaza Strip.
Neither minister is believed to have been injured in the attack.
Those wounded in the attack are believed to be an officer and a soldier, according to security sources.
A statement from an Egyptian army spokesman said a helicopter had been damaged during the attack, and that security forces had "dealt with the source of fire".
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Arish has been a target for Islamic militants in the past and recently more than 200 people were killed in the neighbouring town of Bir al-Abed in a suspected ISIS-inspired attack on a local mosque.
Islamic State's Sinai branch have attacked a number of civilians in recent months and the Egyptian security forces have boosted their efforts to regain control of the volatile region.
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