In this Sunday, July 20, 2014 photo, mourners carry the coffin of Egyptian army soldier Andrew Albert Nader Isaac, who was killed in a Saturday attack on a border post in Egypt's western desert, at his funeral in the Church of the Virgin Mary in Qena, sou
Cairo:
The spokesman of Egypt's military says 20 "terrorists" carried out a deadly border post attack that killed 22 soldiers, the deadliest assault on Egypt's military in years.
A statement posted on Tuesday on the official Facebook page of military spokesman Brigadier General Mohammed Samir said that attackers driving four pickup trucks loaded with explosives first exchanged gunfire with soldiers at a border post in el-Wadi el-Gadid, Egypt's largest province bordering Libya and Sudan.
The statement said the gunfire prevented the attackers from storming the post. However, it said attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades at a gas cylinder, blowing it up and causing a fire in an ammunition warehouse that exploded and killed the soldiers on Saturday.
The statement did not say who the military suspects of carrying out the attack.
A statement posted on Tuesday on the official Facebook page of military spokesman Brigadier General Mohammed Samir said that attackers driving four pickup trucks loaded with explosives first exchanged gunfire with soldiers at a border post in el-Wadi el-Gadid, Egypt's largest province bordering Libya and Sudan.
The statement said the gunfire prevented the attackers from storming the post. However, it said attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades at a gas cylinder, blowing it up and causing a fire in an ammunition warehouse that exploded and killed the soldiers on Saturday.
The statement did not say who the military suspects of carrying out the attack.
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