Gunmen killed six Egyptian soldiers and three police officers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Monday in one of a series of deadly attacks that highlight growing insecurity since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

Gunmen killed six Egyptian soldiers and three police officers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Monday in one of a series of deadly attacks that highlight growing insecurity since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
In an interview published on Monday, Egypt's army chief said he had told Mursi as long ago as February that the president had failed, about five months before the military removed him.
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the remarks before dozens died on Sunday in clashes involving security forces, supporters of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents.