Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked a border guard post Saturday in Egypt’s western desert near Libya, killing 21 troops, the military said.
The attack targeted a checkpoint in the western desert governorate of Wadi el-Gedid, on the Farafra Oasis Road, more than 310 miles from Cairo, according to a statement on the official Facebook page of Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir, a military spokesman. Farafra is the country’s western-most oasis, near the border with Libya.
Samir said one of the gunmen’s rockets struck a cache of weapons at the checkpoint, sparking an explosion. He said the attack killed 21 troops and that forces later seized two car bombs before they exploded.
Another military official said about 20 gunmen in weapon-mounted vehicles took the checkpoint by surprise. Ensuing clashes killed three of the attackers, the official and the state news agency MENA said. A medic said some of the bodies were burned.
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