Mass grave reveals scale of unlawful killings by Egyptian army in Sinai, say campaigners

An Egyptian military vehicle in Sinai in 2015, during years of conflict in the Sinai region between Egyptian forces and Islamic State-aligned militants. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Hundreds of bodies could have been buried at a mass grave discovered in Egypt’s Sinai province by human rights campaigners.

Bodies lying on the surface and others buried barely 30cm below were found at a burial site near a military outpost by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights.