Egypt hangs 15 militants for attack on army checkpoint in Sinai Peninsula

Fifteen Islamic militants convicted of staging a deadly attack on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula four years ago have been executed, Egypt’s prison authority has said.

Fifteen Islamic militants convicted of staging a deadly attack on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula four years ago have been executed, Egypt’s prison authority has said.

Tuesday’s executions in two prisons to the west and northwest of Cairo is the largest known number of executions on a single day since the insurgency began four years ago in the turbulent north of Sinai.