Egypt militants kill 7 soldiers

Seven Egyptian soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants in the Sinai peninsula.

Militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have killed seven soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint, security officials say.

The soldiers were killed on Thursday when gunmen in two cars attacked them in their tents at a checkpoint near a police station in the northern town of El-Arish, the officials said.

The northern part of the peninsula has seen a semi-insurgency by Bedouin militants since the July 3 military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.