Egypt official says Sinai bombing kills 3 police, wounds 8

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.