Blast injures 10 security men in Egypt's Sinai

At least 10 security men, including an officer and nine recruits, were wounded on Saturday when a blast targeted their two armored vehicles in south of Arish city of restive North Sinai province, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported.

According to security sources and eyewitnesses, the two armored vehicles were moving in a highway in Arish when they were targeted by an improvised explosive device planted at the side of the road.

In November, at least seven people were killed, including four policemen, two judges and a civilian, as a car bomb targeted a hotel in Arish hosting judges monitoring the recently-concluded parliamentary elections.

Egypt has been suffering anti-government terrorist attacks that have left hundreds of police and army personnel dead since the military ousted former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests.

Meanwhile, the security forces have been launching massive anti-terror operations in North Sinai that left hundreds of militants killed and a similar number of suspects arrested.

The Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) militant group, which has changed its name to "Sinai State" and vowed loyalty to the regional Islamic State (IS) militant group, claimed responsibility for most of the terror attacks in the country. Enditem