The Latest: Egypt officials say 38 killed, 54 hurt in Sinai

Military forces look at a helicopter carrying Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for the funeral of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat, killed in a bomb attack a day earlier, outside the Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Heavy security forces deployed across the Egyptian capital for the burial of Barakat, the top judicial official in charge of overseeing prosecution of thousands of Islamists. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Military forces look at a helicopter carrying Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for the funeral of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat, killed in a bomb attack a day earlier, outside the Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Heavy security forces deployed across the Egyptian capital for the burial of Barakat, the top judicial official in charge of overseeing prosecution of thousands of Islamists. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

By Associated Press July 1, 2015 2 min read

CAIRO (AP) – The latest news on the near-simultaneous militant attacks in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai Peninsula that killed 38 soldiers (all times local):

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12:50 p.m.

Egyptian military and security officials have raised the casualty tolls from the coordinated militant attacks that struck the country’s restive northern Sinai on Wednesday morning.

The officials say the number of troops killed has now climbed to 38. They also say that 54 soldiers have been wounded in the ongoing clashes following multiple, simultaneous attacks by the militants targeting army checkpoints.