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A group calling itself Jund al Islam took credit for the recent suicide car bomb attacks in the Sinai. Two policemen were injured after unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicle in Qaliubiya. Fourteen security personnel on trial for the killing of protesters in Suez in 2011 were acquitted. The presidency said it is extending the state of emergency for at least another two months. Medical sources said at least 121 people have been killed in the Sinai since June 30. State television alleged that Hamas is training Islamists in Egypt.