Nine Egyptian policemen hurt by Sinai roadside bomb
Islamic State-linked group believed responsible for latest attack on security forces in turbulent peninsula
EL-ARISH, Egypt — Police in the turbulent north of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula said nine policemen were wounded Saturday when their armored personnel carrier was hit by a roadside bomb planted by suspected Islamic State militants.
A statement by local police said the attack took place outside the Gaza Strip border town of Rafah.
The attack was the latest in a war of attrition waged by terrorists led by the Islamic State’s affiliate in Sinai, where security forces have battled insurgents for years. The insurgency by the terrorists in Sinai grew more intense after the 2013 ouster of elected president, Mohammed Morsi, who is an Islamist.
Also Saturday, police said the severed head of a man who had been abducted by suspected militants for his alleged cooperation with authorities turned up in Rafah.