Suspected jihadist militants ambush a police convoy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing 18 police and wounding seven others, according to security and military officials, in one of the deadliest attacks this year in the turbulent region.
The police and military officials say the attack began with roadside bombs that destroyed and set ablaze four armored vehicles and a fifth one carrying signal jamming equipment.
The gunmen later opened fire with machine guns and commandeered a police pickup truck.
Among those killed were two police lieutenants. The wounded included a police brigadier general.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State jihadist group.
The attack took place about 30 kilometers (nearly 19 miles) west of el-Arish in northern Sinai, the epicenter of a long-running insurgency now led by the extremist Islamic State group.
— with AP
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