EGYPT PLEDGES ‘DECISIVE’ ACTION AFTER MILITANTS KILL SOLDIERS

CAIRO: Egypt’s interim government pledged “decisive” action and ordered heightened security on Sunday after gunmen killed six soldiers at a Cairo checkpoint, as the countdown began to presidential elections this spring.

The shooting on Saturday morning came two days after gunmen killed a soldier in Cairo, as militants once based in the Sinai Peninsula widen attacks that surged after the army overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July.