Two suicide bombers attacked in Egypt's Sinai peninsula Wednesday. The target of their attacks were the multi-national peace keeping forcei in Sinai and Egyptian security forces. Thankfully, the bombers were not able to do any damage to their targets.
The attacks appear to have been coordinated and took place just two days after a three suicide bombers killed 23 people at the Sinai resort town of Dabab.
The first bomber blew himself up as members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) were passing in a car. The second attacker drove by on a bicycle and detonated himself when Egyptian police were called to the scene to investigate the first incident. The two bombers struck approximately 45 minutes apart.
The attacks took place in the town of el-Gorah, where the MFO is headquartered. The MFO has been in Egypt since 1982 when the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was signed. Israel returned the Sinai peninsula to Egypt in 1982 as part of the treaty between the two nations. Israel had won all of Sinai during the Six Day War in 1967.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The latest incidents resemble past attacks on resorts in Egypt over the past 18 months. Egyptian authorities are continuing their investigation into the incident.
