Egypt army says 60 militants in Sinai killed.

Egypt army says 60 militants in Sinai killed.

More than 20 police and soldiers have also died in clashes in the month since the military coup that ousted Mohammed Morsi

Egyptian armored vehicles in Sinai (photo credit:
 screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube

CAIRO | AP | 07 Aug 2013 ::  Egypt’s military spokesman says 60 militants have been killed and 103 arrested on the Sinai Peninsula as part of the army’s operations there over the past month.

Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali released the figures Wednesday on his official Facebook page. He did not name any of suspects killed or detained.

The Facebook post said that authorities also destroyed 102 smuggling tunnels to the Palestinian Gaza Strip during this time.

The military’s figures could not be independently verified.

More than 20 policemen and soldiers have been killed in near daily clashes in Sinai since President Mohammed Morsi’s ouster July 3. About a dozen civilians have also been killed in violence there.

Emboldened militants have increased the frequency of their attacks on the army on the peninsula to exploit the political turmoil.(Courtesy:The Times of Israel)