WAR & CONFLICT ISIL claims deadly attack in Egypt's Sinai Suicide car bombing targets hotel, killing seven people including two judges, in latest violence to hit peninsula. 25 Nov 2015 09:33 GMT | War & Conflict, Middle East, Egypt, ISIL, Sinai Peninsula 1 1 ISIL claimed responsibility for the October 31 crash of the Russian passenger jet in Sinai [Reuters] A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targeted a hotel in Egypt's northern Sinai region, killing at least seven people, including two judges, according to the state MENA news agency. The attack on the Swiss Inn hotel in the coastal city of El Arish on Tuesday was the latest violence to hit the troubled peninsula, where Egyptian troops are struggling to put down ISIL. The attack was quickly claimed by ISIL's affiliate based in the Sinai Peninsula. The attack came a day after Egypt held the second round of parliamentary elections. Judges who supervised the vote in Sinai were staying in the heavily guarded hotel. MENA's report said four policemen and a civilian were also among the seven killed, and that at least 10 people were wounded. The agency cited an unnamed security official.
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