Two Egypt policemen killed in Sinai bombing

 

A roadside bombing in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula killed two policemen Monday, the interior ministry announced, in the latest in a string of attacks on security forces.

 

The bomb exploded close to an armored vehicle on a highway near El-Arish, the provincial capital of North Sinai, it said in a statement.

 

Islamist militants have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen in attacks in the peninsula.