Roadside bomb, sniper kill 4 policemen in Egypt’s Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt — A pair of attacks by suspected Islamic militants on Saturday killed four policemen and injured six others in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to security officials, bringing to 16 the number of policemen and soldiers known to have been slain in the area in three days.
They said three policemen were killed when their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb south of Sinai’s coastal city of el-Arish. Six more policemen were injured in that attack.
Later on Saturday, a policeman manning a checkpoint also south of el-Arish was killed by a sniper’s bullet, they said.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.