CAIRO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Five Egyptian police conscripts were killed on Monday when an improvised explosive device went off in North Sinai Province, state-owned Ahram Online website reported.
An unknown number of policemen were also injured, the report said.
Egypt has been facing a rising wave of terrorist activities following the military removal of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently-blacklisted Brotherhood group.
Hundreds of policemen and soldiers were killed in terror attacks mostly claimed by a Sinai-based terrorist group loyal to the Islamic State group.
Security campaigns have also killed hundreds of militants and arrested a similar number of suspects over the past few years as part of the country's anti-terror war.
