A group of militants in the Northern Sinai province in Egypt attacked local inhabitants. Victims of attack were 9 people. The attack happened not far from the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner A321.

In the metropolis of El-Arish, which is considered the administrative centre of the Egyptian province of North Sinai, the terrorist attack happened. A group of militants attacked the local inhabitants - at first, the terrorists fired at residential home, and after the car blew, who was beside him.

Victims of the attack were 9 people. A large part of the dead - the inmates of the house, which was carried out the attack were members of the same family. Among them 2 children at the age of 3 years, informs a portal Al-Youm Al-Sabea. Law enforcement authorities suspect that the attack was carried out by a group linked to Islamic state.

The terrorist attack happened not far from the crash site of a Russian aircraft A321, which fell on October 31. After 20 minutes after takeoff a passenger plane, performing flight from Sharm El Sheikh to St Petersburg, unpredictable, disappeared from radar screens. All on Board - 217 passengers and 7 crew members were killed. The exact cause of the crash is not yet established: we consider such versions as the attack and technical failure of the aircraft.
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