2 police recruits killed in blast in Egypt Sinai

 At least two police recruits were killed and ten others injured as an explosive device targeted their microbus on Thursday late evening in southern Arish city in Egypt's North Sinai, a security source told Xinhua on condition of unanimity.
"The perpetrators mostly belong to Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al- Maqdis group," the source added, referring to Al-Qaida-inspired group blacklisted by Egypt and the United States as "a terrorist organization."
Earlier on Thursday, official MENA new agency reported that at least 11 people were injured as two homemade explosive devices went off around a mosque in Gharbiya's city of Tanta, around 80 km north of the capital of Cairo. At least 12 people were injured in an explosion in the downtown of Cairo late Tuesday.
Terrorist attacks have risen since the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the army last July and the massive security crackdown on his supporters, which left about 1, 000 of them killed and thousands more arrested.
The attacks targeted security men and their premises in the restive Sinai Peninsula and then extended to hit the capital and provinces across the country.
A recent official report said the death toll from such attacks has reached nearly 500, most of whom are soldiers and policemen. The al-Qaida-inspired Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks.