Egyptian police find more explosives in Sinai

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 3 (Reuters) Egyptian police found 600 kg (1,300 lb) of explosive in the north of the Sinai peninsula today, close to where they found one tonne last week, the state news agency MENA said.

More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks in tourist resorts in Sinai between October 2004 and July 2006.

The explosives were hidden in sacks in a desert area near the village of Raythan, it said. The agency did not say whether anyone was arrested.

The same area has been the scene of shootouts between police and suspects wanted for the bombings over the past two years.

Egypt has blamed the attacks on an Islamist militant group called al-Tawhid wal Jihad (One God and Jihad) and says the group is made up of Sinai bedouin with militant views.

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