SOUTH SINAI, Egypt: A large number of Bedouins cut the highway, Abou Redees, Tor Sinai, early Wednesday morning, after clashes between Bedouins and security forces in Sinai, which impeded traffic. The Director of South Sinai's Security, Mohamed Naguib, received complaints about two Bedouins who were killed during the clashes. Security forces headed to the spot and opened the way after three hours of a complete traffic halt. It is important to mention that security forces are currently organizing a campaign to cleanse Sinai from extremists who are working to destabilize Egypt. Meanwhile in Al-Arish in Northern Sinai, many security ambushes in northern Sinai were exposed to shooting from anonymous armed men, four of whom used machine guns to shoot El-Rayesa ambush at the Eastern entry of Al-Arish. A police vehicle was exposed to some damages after the shooting of El-Rayesa ambush. They escaped, according to security sources, but only after shooting Lahfen and El-Mazraa ambushes south of Al-Arish. There have been anonymous masked men driving pickup trucks and motorcycles without license plates, who escaped after shooting security ambushes. Meanwhile, security sources said that ten hand grenades, 15 RPG guns, a number of automatic weapons and sniper guns were used before in other attacks and large amounts of T.N.T were in custody. The sources added they arrested three people who participated in the attacks and were referred to authorities for investigation. Arabic here
