Three police shot dead in Egypt’s Sinai
EGYPT: Gunmen killed three Egyptian policemen and seriously wounded a
fourth on Saturday in El-Arish, in the Sinai Peninsula, state television
said.
“Armed men who might belong to a jihadist group attacked a police
vehicle and fired on its passengers before fleeing,” a security source
said.
The dead and wounded were taken to the general hospital in El-Arish,
where one of the policemen died from serious wounds,” a medic said. A
civilian was also wounded.
Security forces threw up a cordon around the city in an attempt to
capture the gunmen.
Security in the desert and mountainous region collapsed after an
uprising ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.
Since then, several militant attacks in the Sinai, which borders
Israel and the Gaza Strip, have targeted police and soldiers, including
a brazen August 5 ambush on an army outpost that killed 16 soldiers.
On Friday, Bedouin tribesmen attacked a police post in the central
Sinai city of Nakhl, attempting to free one of their number who was in
detention.
AFP |