Egypt’s military said there was a clash at a checkpoint Saturday between suspected jihadists and the military on the Sinai Peninsula.

A military spokesman told AFP in a statement that seven militants were killed in the attack in the restive North Sinai, while 15 soldiers were either killed or wounded.

Army spokesman Tamer el-Refai said in the statement that “an officer and 14 non-commissioned soldiers were killed or wounded.”  He did give an exact number for the death toll.

El-Refai said security forces would go after “the terrorist elements to eliminate them.”
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