Cairo - Director-General of Al-Bawaba Newspaper Ghada Abdel Rehim mourned the Egyptian martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their homeland. In early hours of Friday July 7, a car bomb implanted near a security checkpoint and then detonated, followed by clashes with heavy artillery and mortar shells, killing and injuring a number of military personnel, including Colonel Ahmed Mansi, commander of the "Shock troop" Battalion 103, as well as a number of militants. Abdel Rehim offered sincere condolences to the Egyptian people and Armed Forces, saying, "I know that they attained martyrdom and achieved the noble cause for which they were aspiring since they were enlisted in the army. However, I am deeply saddened at the tragic news of their death."
