Egypt: '12 Soldiers' Killed In Car Bomb Attack

At least 12 Egyptian soldiers have been killed and 24 wounded in a car bomb attack in Sinai, according to Sky sources.

Activists deface a monument dedicated to the protesters killed in 2011

The blast happened near the city of El-Arish and was one of the deadliest attacks in the Sinai Peninsula since al Qaeda-inspired militants began stepping up assaults following the army's ousting of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

The attack came as one person was killed and dozens more injured during clashes between opponents and supporters of Egypt's military-backed regime in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday.

The memorial is reduced to a lump of concrete covered in graffiti

Police backed by armoured vehicles fired tear gas and shots to drive protesters out the square after they gathered to mark the anniversary of the 2011 demonstrations against the military which took power after President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.

During those protests more than 40 protesters were killed during fighting with security forces which lasted several days.

Supporters and opponents of the military regime clash in Tahrir Square

Yesterday's rally was aimed against people the protesters felt had "betrayed" the revolution - Mubarak loyalists, the military council that ruled for 17 months after his fall, and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood which won subsequent elections but was ousted by the military in July.

The military handed power to Islamist president Mr Morsi in June 2012, after he won the country's first free election, but overthrew him a year later following mass protests demanding his resignation.

A mural dedicated to the activists killed during the Egyptian uprising

Mahmoud Hisham, a 21-year-old student, said: "The revolution is still not over.

"In three years we had three systems and three traitors - Mubarak, the military and the Brotherhood."

Some protesters threw rocks and fireworks but left the square shortly after the security forces moved in.

Supporters of Ehypt's military chief General Abdel Fatah al Sisi

Security forces have killed hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members since Mr Morsi was removed from power.

Thousands have been arrested and the group has been outlawed.

The new military-backed government of General Abdel Fatah al Sisi is pushing ahead with a transition plan aiming for new presidential and parliamentary elections early next year.

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