Gunmen killed five policemen in the restive northern Sinai in Egypt, on Saturday. The Egyptian Interior Ministry said the assailants pulled the policemen out a vehicle in El Obour neighborhood, south of El Arish city, and shot all five of them dead.
In another incident on Saturday, nine policemen were injured when an explosive device planted on the road was remotely detonated as the armoured vehicle carrying the conscripts passed in the city of Rafah.
Security sources said one conscript later died of his wounds. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks.