2016 Arish attack

Terrorist incident in Egypt Attack Al-Arish 2016 Sinai insurgency Arish, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt 13 0 Islamic State Sinai Province Soldiers and policemen Egypt Sinai Location on the Sinai Peninsula of the three cities attacked in January 2015 by Wilayat Sinai. Egypt Sinai Arish left 10 Arish 31.132072 33.803376 Egypt Sinai Sheikh Zuweid bottom 10 Sheikh Zuweid 31.211944 34.110556 Egypt Sinai Rafah right 10 Rafah, Egypt 31.280833 34.241389 The 2016 el Arish attack was a mortar attack by ISIS on March 20, 2016 in which thirteen Egyptian policemen and soldiers were killed at a security checkpoint in Sinai's Al-Arish.http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/193372/Egypt/Politics-/Gunmen-attack-security-checkpoint-in-North-Sinais-.aspx At least 13 Egyptian policemen killed in attack on North Sinai checkpointhttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/egyptian-troops-killed-sinai-attack-160319213309305.html Egyptian troops killed in Sinai attack According to the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, the mortar attack targeted Al-Safa checkpoint and at least 13 police officers and soldiers died.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35854404 Egypt: 'IS attack' kills 13 policemen in Sinai BBC News 19 March 2016 13 policemen and soldiers killed in Al-Arish attack Daily News Egypt,March 20, 2016 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-idUSKCN0WL0VD Sinai attack kills at least 13 Egyptian policemen 20 March 2016 Reutershttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/19/at-least-13-policemen-killed-isis-fires-mortar-round-checkpoint-arish-egypt Isis mortar kills at least 13 police at Egyptian checkpoint the Guardian 19 March 2016 See also October 2014 Sinai attacks July 2015 Sinai attacks Sinai insurgency List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016 References 30em Egypt Category:21st-century mass murders in Egypt Category:Attacks on police stations in 2016 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Egypt Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:Arish Category:2016 mass murders Category:Sinai insurgency Category:Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2016 Category:Terrorist incidents in the Sinai Peninsula Category:Attacks on police stations in Egypt Category:Attacks on military installations in 2016 Category:Attacks on military installations in Egypt