“The shooting continued for three hours causing much panic and fear and then as is always the case things return back to normal as if nothing has happened.”-Mohamed El-Menei, local politician in the town of Sheikh Zuwayed

16 September 2012, an Egyptian army post in the Sinai was attacked.

Five Egyptian are wounded, one soldier was killed. The attackers target the army outpost, then moved on to the town of al-Arish where they attacked a police station.  One woman and a child were wounded.

Apparently the attacks were in retaliation for the arrests of people in another town called Sheikh Zuwayed.  Egyptian government forces have been arresting people they suspect of being involved with the 05 August 2012 attacks that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.