Amman - Jordan strongly denounced the terrorist bomb attack in Sinai that killed 10 security personnel including three officers. Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson Mohammed Momani asserted the need for concerted international efforts to fight terrorism and terrorist gangs that seek to spread chaos, killing and destruction around the world, the Jordanian news agency (Petra) reported. He also voiced Jordan's support for Egypt in combating terrorism and offered condolences to the Egyptian government and the families of the victims. In a statement posted on Facebook, Tamer el-Refai, an Egyptian military spokesman, said the Egyptian soldiers died in two roadside blasts on Wednesday during an operation that had targeted two Islamist storehouses in the deserts of central Sinai, outside their stronghold in the north of the peninsula. Among the soldiers killed were three officers and seven enlisted men, Mr. Refai said. Seven militants were arrested, he said, and explosives, medical supplies, cellphones and four-wheel-drive vehicles were seized.
