2022 Sinai checkpoint attack | |
Location: | El Qantara, Egypt |
Date: | 8 May 2022 |
Partof: | the Sinai insurgency |
Fatalities: | 11 |
Injuries: | 5 |
On 8 May 2022, at least ten soldiers and one officer were killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in El Qantara,[1] Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Five more were injured.[2]
Afterwards, chase continued in a secluded part of the Sinai Peninsula.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility.