Egypt President Mursi sacks officials after Sinai attacks

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has sacked the country's intelligence arch and the governor of the country's North Sinai province.

Hours earlier, the Egyptian aggressive launched an abhorrent in the arena adjoin doubtable Islamist militants which it says has dead 20 people.

The advance comes afterwards militants dead 16 Egyptian bound guards in the breadth on Sunday.

On Wednesday, added attacks followed on checkpoints in the boondocks of al-Arish.

Those attacks larboard a cardinal of bodies blood-soaked and the aggressive abhorrent was launched hours later.

The burglary of the country's intelligence arch was appear in a account on state-run TV.

"Gen Mohamed Murad Mowafi is accustomed retirement starting from today," presidential agent Yasser Ali said.

Mr Mursi has appointed an acting intelligence chief, Gen Mohamed Raafat Abdel-Wahed.

Sunday's advance was the the deadliest and best audacious adjoin Egyptian troops in the Sinai arena for decades, and Mr Mursi had faced criticism for not demography absolute activity in response.