source: Facebook
actor1: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Egypt)
location: Bir Al-Abd
notes: On or before to December 2019, Egyptian Military Forces dismantled an IED in Bir Al-Abd (Bir Al-Abd, North Sinai), and when the mayor of the city came to check on the progress, armed men belonging to an unidentified armed group kidnapped the mayor in his car, eventually letting him out while stealing the car.