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Egypt's Sinai explosion kills 2 policemen

Xinhua, July 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two Egyptian policemen were killed in a bomb blast in the country's restive North Sinai, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported on Monday.

A roadside explosive device planted in North Sinai's Arish city blasted when a police vehicle was passing by, killing one police officer and a sergeant.

Three other policemen were injured and sent to a military hospital for treatment.

The Egyptian Interior Ministry said that security services have redoubled their efforts to catch terrorists responsible for such attacks in the vicinity of Arish and Sheikh Zuweid, the report said.

Egypt has been battling a growing wave of anti-government terrorism since the military removed former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 and later blacklisted his Muslim Brotherhood group.

A Sinai-based militant group loyal to the Islamic State (IS) regional terror group claimed responsibility for most of the terrorist operations that killed hundreds of police and military men over the past few years.

The Egyptian military has been launching a continuous massive security campaign in the peninsula which left about 1,000 militants killed and a similar number of suspects arrested.

The security raids in Sinai are part of the country's "war against terrorism" declared by ex-military chief and now President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi following Morsi's ouster. Endit