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Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Mostafa Abdel Rahman, a high-ranking official and parliamentary candidate from the Salafist Al-Nour Party, in North Sinai’s El-Arish on Saturday. The party released a statement via its Facebook page confirming Abdel Rahman’s death and calling on authorities to immediately launch a thorough investigation into the assassination. Abdel Rahman was one of 91 independent candidates the ultra-conservative party fielded in the elections and the only candidate for the party in Sinai. The first phase of voting…