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		</div><p>An Islamic militant attack involving a suicide car bombing and gunmen has targeted a hotel in Egypt’s northern Sinai region, killing seven people, according to reports.</p>
<p>The attack on the Swiss Inn hotel in the coastal city of El-Arish was the latest violence convulsing the troubled peninsula, where Egyptian troops are struggling to put down an Islamic insurgency.</p>
<p>The attack was quickly claimed by the Islamic State’s affiliate based in Sinai.</p>
<p>The assault came a day after Egypt held the second round of parliamentary elections. Judges who supervised the vote in Sinai were staying in the heavily guarded hotel.<br />
Two were said to have been killed.</p>
<p>A report by the MENA news agency said four policemen and a civilian were also among the seven killed, and that at least 10 people were wounded.</p>
<p>Earlier the military said 12 people were wounded in the attack.</p>
<p>The attack began as Egyptian troops and policemen guarding the Swiss Inn opened fire on a suspicious, explosives-laden car approaching the building, blowing it up before it reached the hotel.</p>
<p>In the meantime, two militants slipped inside the hotel. One detonated an explosives vest in the hotel’s kitchen, while the second opened fire in a hotel room.</p>
<p>The military said all militants involved in the attack were killed.</p>
<p>The Sinai branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on social media accounts.</p>
<p>The group also posted pictures of the two attackers and identified them as Abu Hamza al-Muhajer and Abu Wadhaa al-Muhajer.</p>
<p>Al-Muhajer means migrant in Arabic and is used by militant groups to refer to foreign fighters, an indication that they could have been from outside Egypt.</p>
<p>Sinai was shaken last month when a Russian passenger airliner crashed in the north of the peninsula, killing all 224 people onboard.</p>
<p>Russia has said an explosive device placed onboard the Airbus 321-200 was to blame for the crash.</p>
<p>The local IS branch claimed responsibility for the crash. The crash led Russia to suspend all flights to and from Egypt, while Britain suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh.</p>
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