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| Egypt army conscript 'killed' in recent Sinai attack discovered alive |
| 2015-07-21 |
| [Al Ahram] An army conscript who was pronounced dead after Saturday's terror attack by Islamist bully boyz against army posts in North Sinai has been discovered alive, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Monday. Mohammed Ibrahim Mostafa Moussa, 22, from Ra's El-Khalig village in Daqahliya governorate in the Nile Delta, was reported killed in a kaboom against a security checkpoint on Saturday evening near the town of Sheikh Zuweid. Army and bully boyz faced off for hours in several locations near the town after the attack. On Saturday night, the army announced four soldiers had died in the attack, then raised its corpse count to seven on Sunday. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... late on Sunday, according to Ahram's correspondent in Daqahliya, Moussa made a phone call to his family to tell them he was alive, saying he was not at the checkpoint when the attack happened. Moussa's whereabouts during the attack remains unclear, though some media reports claim he was hiding in a trench. The young conscript will temporarily return home on "exceptional holiday," according to Ahram's correspondent. |
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