2 policemen killed, 9 injured in Egypt's Sinai: state TV

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-09 04:15:18|Editor: yan
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CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- At least two policemen were killed and nine others wounded in an explosion on Saturday in Egypt's North Sinai province, the Egyptian state TV reported.

A senior security official said that an improvised explosive device targeted the police's armored vehicle at Al-Safa district of Arish city in North Sinai, a place that borders Israel and the Gaza Strip, the official MENA news agency said.

"Security measures have been intensified around the explosion while a bomb disposal team is combing the area to make sure it is free of explosive devices," MENA quoted the security official as saying.

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