Egypt’s state news agency says three policemen have been killed in a roadside bombing in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula.
MENA quoted an unidentified security official saying that Wednesday’s explosion targeted an armoured personnel carrier in the city of el-Arish, wounding another 8 policemen.
The official says the wounded were taken to the military hospital in el-Arish. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest attack.