Egypt’s army said on Saturday that 11 troops were killed in clashes following a foiled militant attack east of the Suez Canal in Sinai. Militants attacked a water pumping plant east of the major waterway, triggering clashes resulting in the killing of one officer and 10 soldiers, military spokesman Colonel Ghareeb Abdul Hafez said on the army’s Facebook page. Five others were injured, the official said without further details. “Hunt is under way for the terrorist elements,” he added, saying that pursuit of the attackers are taking place in Sinai, Egypt’s largely desert peninsula. Egypt has see…