(Reuters) Yusri Mohamed, Ali Abdelaty and Mostafa Hashem - Islamic State's Egypt wing claimed responsibility for four attacks in northern Sinai and Suez city that killed at least 27 on Thursday. A bombing targeting a military headquarters, base and hotel in Al-Arish killed 25 and wounded at least 58. Later, an army major was killed and six others wounded at a checkpoint in Rafah, followed by a roadside bomb in Suez city that killed a police officer, and an assault on a checkpoint south of Al-Arish that wounded four soldiers.
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