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New blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan

Business Materials 25 November 2011 16:29 (UTC +04:00)
Gunmen have attacked an Egyptian pipeline that transports gas to Israel and Jordan, the eighth such incident since a popular uprising forced president Hosny Mubarak to step down in February.
New blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan

Gunmen have attacked an Egyptian pipeline that transports gas to Israel and Jordan, the eighth such incident since a popular uprising forced president Hosny Mubarak to step down in February, DPA reported.

A blast went off at the pipeline on Thursday in the al-Rawda village, some 45 kilometres west of the al-Arish city in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula.

No one claimed responsibility for the blast, which hit a section of the pipeline that was not operational because of a previous attack, said a source at the Gasco company, which runs the pipeline.

Security forces said they were searching for the suspects, believed to be members of a militant Islamist group.

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