At least six Egyptian soldiers killed in car bomb attack in Sinai

ISMAILIA - Ten Egyptian soldierswere killed and 35 wounded in a car bomb attack near the NorthSinai city of El-Arish on Wednesday, a security official said.

The attack was one of the deadliest in the Sinai Peninsulasince al-Qaida inspired militants began stepping up assaultsfollowing the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsiin July. The soldiers were traveling in a convoy.