Five Egyptian policemen were killed in an attack Friday on a checkpoint in Giza province, south of the capital, police officials and state television said. The assailants struck around Badrasheen, a town some 20 kilometers from Cairo, where militants have targeted police in previous attacks.
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says an explosive device struck a police vehicle in the northern Sinai town of al-Arish, killing two conscripts and wounding nine others. In a statement carried by the state news agency, the ministry said the blast struck the police patrol late Saturday. The northern part of the ...
