Egypt: Militants call army raid 'barbaric'

CAIRO (AP) — Islamic militants in northern Sinai Peninsula accused the Egyptian military of “barbaric, inhumane” acts during a recent raid of a village that followed a deadly attack on an army outpost near the border with Israel.

The militant group known as the Salafi Jihad in Sinai said in a statement that it fought the troops during the raid on the village of Al Muqataa, where troops raiding homes of suspected militants believed to have been behind the brazen attack near the Egypt-Israel-Gaza border on Aug. 5 that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.