At Least 3 Egypt Police Killed in Sinai Bombing
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At least three Egyptian policemen were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a police club in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, state media reported, as the "ISIS" group claimed the attack.
State television said there were also wounded in the bombing in North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish.
The "ISIIS's" affiliate in the Sinai said one of its militants drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a police club in the town.
The extremists have carried out a string of attacks in or around the provincial capital in recent months after the army launched a sweeping campaign in the peninsula bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The attack came days after a Russian passenger plane crashed in the peninsula after taking off from a resort airport in South Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
The militants have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers since the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
In an interview with BBC, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi, who is expected in London on Thursday, said the Sinai "is under our full control."
But the attacks around El-Arish suggest the terrorists are still capable of continuing their deadly insurgency.
In its statement on Wednesday, "ISIS" said it carried out the bombing against the "apostate" police force in retaliation for the arrests of Bedouin women in the region.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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