CAIRO (Sputnik) – A military patrol was driving over a closed mine field when the incident happened, according security sources as cited by the Masrawi.
The wounded have been taken to the hospitals of Safaga and neighboring Hurghada.
Earlier it was reported that four servicemen were injured as a result of the blast.
مصرع 5 مجندين وإصابة 4 آخرين في انفجار لغم من مخلفات الحروب بسفاجا https://t.co/xIUKeLqzW5 pic.twitter.com/FQr9ODO3U5
— مصراوي (@Masrawy) March 26, 2016
Five recruits killed and four others injured after a landmine exploded in Safaga
