CAIRO (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants kidnapped an Egyptian soldier in the restive North Sinai province on Friday, security sources said.
Gunmen stopped an ambulance carrying two soldiers south of Al-Arish, security sources said.
The gunmen took the ambulance and one of the soldiers, and left the other soldier and a paramedic behind, the sources said.
Egypt faces a Sinai-based insurgency that has killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers since the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in 2013 after mass protests against his rule.
Authorities this week executed six members of Sinai Province, the country's most active militant group.
Sinai Province changed its name from Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis after pledging allegiance to Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni group that has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria.
(Writing By Shadi Bushra; Editing by Andrew Heavens) OLUSWORLD Reuters US Online Report World News 20150522T163227+0000