Policeman and militants killed in Egypt's Sinai
Policeman and militants killed in Egypt's Sinai
A roadside bomb killed one policeman, while wounding four others, in Egypt's northern Sinai. Hours later the military killed seven suspected militants in a raid.
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The Egyptian security services are engaged in a bloody campaign in the Sinai peninsular (Getty)
A roadside bomb killed an Egyptian policeman, Wednesday, in the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, police and medics said.
Four police were also wounded by the bomb, which was detonated remotely as their armoured vehicle passed.
The Egyptian army announced within hours of the attack that it had killed seven suspected militants and destroyed two weapons caches in the northern Sinai.
The announcement was made on the Facebook page of the Army spokesman who claims the mission had foiled a second attack against security services in the region.
Islamist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers in attacks in the Sinai peninsula since the army ousted President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
The province is a stronghold for the Wiliyat Sinai militia, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State Group (IS, formerly ISIS).
They are seeking to establish a province of the self-declared IS "caliphate" straddling parts of Iraq and Syria and say their attacks are retaliation for a deadly government crackdown on Morsi's supporters since his ouster.
Egypt executed six members of the group for carrying out an attack on soldiers near Cairo last yearaccording to a statement in May from the group's lawyer.
Four police were also wounded by the bomb, which was detonated remotely as their armoured vehicle passed.
The Egyptian army announced within hours of the attack that it had killed seven suspected militants and destroyed two weapons caches in the northern Sinai.
The announcement was made on the Facebook page of the Army spokesman who claims the mission had foiled a second attack against security services in the region.
Islamist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers in attacks in the Sinai peninsula since the army ousted President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
The province is a stronghold for the Wiliyat Sinai militia, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State Group (IS, formerly ISIS).
They are seeking to establish a province of the self-declared IS "caliphate" straddling parts of Iraq and Syria and say their attacks are retaliation for a deadly government crackdown on Morsi's supporters since his ouster.
Egypt executed six members of the group for carrying out an attack on soldiers near Cairo last yearaccording to a statement in May from the group's lawyer.
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