12 killed in ISIS bombings in Egypt

Two bomb attacks targeting security forces in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula have killed at least 12 people, including six soldiers and five policemen.  

The attack also left another 44 people wounded, including 15 policemen. 

Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has pledged allegiance to the extremist Islamic State group, claimed responsibility for both attacks.

The group has carried out a number of attacks in Sinai since the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. 

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