The perpetrators of an attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt's New Valley that killed eight policemen on Monday (January 16th) were members of "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) affiliate Wilayat Sinai, Egypt's Ahram Online reported Wednesday.
According to preliminary police investigations, the 12 militants who executed the attack received training in North Sinai, the media outlet said.
Shortly after the Monday evening assault, Egypt's Interior Ministry issued a statement saying that two of the "terrorist assailants" had been killed by police in the attack.
The remaining militants escaped into the Western Desert using off-road vehicles, with security forces currently conducting security sweeps of the area.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
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