A belligerent attack that included a suicide car bombing recently hit a hotel in Egypt and killed seven people. The seven people who were killed included two judges, four policemen and a civilian. Unfortunately, 10 to 12 people were wounded as a result of this appalling terrorist attack, which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for.

The attack on the Swiss Inn hotel in the coastal city of El-Arish was the most recent violent invasion that disturbed the Sinai Peninsula, where Egyptian troops have been having a hard time halting the radical Islamist rampage. The attack came a day after the second round of Egyptian parliamentary elections. The judges that administered the vote in the Sinai region were staying in the target hotel.

Since very high-ranking judges were staying at the Swiss Inn, Egyptian troops and policemen guarded the hotel uniformly throughout their stay. The guards opened fire once they saw a suspicious, burdened car that was making its way towards the hotel. The bomb blew up before it had the opportunity to reach the hotel. The bomb did not inflict the terrorists’ desired result, so two militants snuck inside the hotel and opened fire in a hotel room and also detonated an explosive vest in the hotel’s kitchen.

After the attack, the military stated that all militants associated with this terrorist attack were killed. The Sinai branch of the Islamic State solely claimed responsibility for the attack in a testimony posted by sympathizers on social media accounts. The attack was instigated by two people: the gunman, who opened fire inside the hotel before blowing himself up, and the suicide car-bomber.

The corrupt cult also posted photos of the two gunmen and identified them as Abu Hamza al-Muhajer and Abu Wadhaa al-Muhajer, but didn’t identify the third attacker. Abu Hamza al-Muhajer was born in Egypt, joined the Muslim Brotherhood when he was a teenager and also joined the Egyptian Islamic Jihad in 1982, where he worked with Zawahiri. He was later promoted to live in bin Laden’s camp in Afghanistan in 1999, where he became an expert with explosives, especially truck bombs and roadside bombs. Egypt has been fighting with the Sinai militants for years, amid calls for an end to these absurd acts.