Suspected militants have blown up a section of a pipeline that transports gas to Jordan in the Sinai Peninsula, according to reports. This is the third such attack in under a month.
Egyption security officials told AFP that the militants blew up the pipeline in an area called Muqtadiba, south of al-Arish late Monday. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet and there are no reports of injuries or casualties.
On January 17, militants detonated a pipeline which carries gas to an industrial zone in Sinai, the same pipeline was blown up in December.
Militants had previously forced a halt to gas supplies to Jordan by repeatedly targeting the pipeline following the 2011 overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
