When confronted by suicide bombers armed with machine guns at a crowded checkpoint, an Egyptian army tank crew took decisive action. The tank quickly moved toward the vehicle and rolled over it, crushing the car and immobilizing the suspected attackers. A minute later, the car exploded.

Surveillance footage released by the Egyptian military on Monday captured the incident, which took place at a checkpoint near the city of Arish in the North Sinai region. The area has been plagued by the Sinai Province, an affiliate of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), which has regularly targeted military outposts in the region.

The footage shows more than a dozen vehicles in line at the checkpoint. A car speeds towards the line, driving on the wrong side of the road. It slows as it approaches a group of Egyptian military vehicles.

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People begin to flee their cars in fear of an attack, but the tank moves towards the car, driving over it and leaving the wreckage of the vehicle in the road. The Egyptian military said in a statement that the car’s occupants were armed with machine guns, and so the tank took action to avoid a possible firefight.

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