10:13 22/06/2015
Ismailia - At least eight policemen and civilians were wounded on
Monday when explosions hit two houses in Egypt's El-Arish, the
provincial capital of the North Sinai region, security and medical
sources said.
Militants planted two bombs in two adjacent houses,
both inhabited by police, the sources said. The force of the explosions
led to the collapse of large parts of the homes, injuring three
policemen and five civilians.
The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear.
Egypt
is facing a Sinai-based insurgency that has killed hundreds of
policemen and soldiers since the army toppled Islamist president
Mohammed Morsi after mass protests against his rule in 2013.
The
most active militant group is Sinai Province, which has pledged
allegiance to Islamic State, the Sunni group that controls large parts
of Iraq and Syria.
Egypt executed six members of Sinai Province
for carrying out an attack on soldiers near Cairo last year, their
lawyer said in May.
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