(MENAFN) Four Egyptian policemen were killed when gunmen fired at a patrol car in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish, as stated newspaper.
Furthermore, attacks on security forces have been frequent in the country since the army, led by general-turned-President al-Sisi, and ousted Muslim Brotherhood President Muris in 2013.
In addition, the violence has been concentrated in the Sinai Peninsula, where Egypt is fighting an insurgency, while also expanded to hit its Coptic Christians.
Meanwhile, a group of gunmen killed two police officers and hurt another in a village north of Cairo.
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