Gunmen kill election candidate in Sinai
Gunmen have killed a parliamentary candidate in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula as the North African country continues to grapple with insecurity.
According to security sources, Mostafa Abdelrahman, the secretary of the Salafi al-Nour Party, was shot dead by two gunmen riding a motorcycle in Arish, the capital of the Northern Sinai Province, outside his home on Saturday morning.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing.
Al-Nour garnered 28 percent of the votes in the 2011-12 parliamentary election; however, the party has since lost its popularity for supporting a deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and for announcing readiness to join the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The first round of the 2015 parliamentary elections was held on October 18-19 in Egypt. A political alliance loyal to Sisi dominated the vote that saw a low turnout. The second round is scheduled for November 22-23.
Arish residents say the militants in the city have threatened candidates in the parliamentary elections.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident on Saturday, three police officers were killed and eight wounded in a bomb attack in Arish.
The Egyptian military has been engaged in operations to quell acts of terrorism and militancy in the Sinai Peninsula. It views the volatile region as a sanctuary for terrorists.
The militant group Velayat Sinai, previously known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks in Sinai. Last November, the group pledged allegiance to the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, which is mainly operating in Iraq and Syria.
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