Gunmen killed fiveEgyptian soldiers near the
Suez Canal city of
Ismailia onMonday, security sources said, highlighting the growing securitychallenges since the
army ousted
Islamist President MohamedMursi in July.
The security sources said the gunmen opened fire on thesoldiers while they were sitting in a car at a checkpoint near
Ismailia on the
Suez Canal, a vital global trade route.
