Gas pipeline bombed in Egypt's Sinai
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Xinhua, December 18, 2011
A natural gas pipeline was bombed in Arish in Egypt's Sinai Peninsular on Sunday morning, a local security source told Xinhua.
According to the source, several unidentified gunmen drove a car into the station and put a bomb under the pipeline.
The pipeline was under repair and there was no gas in it.
The gas pipelines to Israel and Jordan have been bombed nine times since February, and gas supply to the two countries was repeatedly disrupted. The latest explosion was on Nov. 10.
On Nov.13, Egyptian authorities arrested the suspected mastermind and two other suspects for the explosions of gas pipelines in Arish. The man was identified as Mohamed Eid Al-Teihy, the leader of the Takfir wal-Hijra group. He was charged with being the leader of all the terrorist attacks in Sinai this year.
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