Girl killed in Sinai security attack

A young girl was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the car of a senior military commander on the Arish-Rafah highway in Sinai's Rafah on Wednesday. The car of the second field army chief "came under heavy fire, which led to clashes between security forces and the terrorist elements," the spokesman said in a statement. Soldiers chased the car and managed to capture one of the perpetrators. One girl was hurt during the exchange of fire in Sheikh Zayed City and died later in hospital, the army said. This is the latest in a string of attacks in Sinai "targeting the army and the police in recent days with the aim of sowing chaos and harming the stability and national security of Egypt," the army added.