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Egypt: Gunmen Kill 2 Police Officers Egypt: Gunmen Kill 2 Police Officers
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Three gunmen in a car shot and killed two police officers in the restive northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said. Later, a claim of responsibility by the Sinai Province of the Islamic State group circulated on social media accounts of supporters, with photos that were said to show the shooting. Militants in the lawless north Sinai have been carrying out attacks in recent years, and the conflict intensified after the army’s 2013 overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi. Three gunmen in a car shot and killed two police officers in the restive northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said. Later, a claim of responsibility by the Sinai Province of the Islamic State group circulated on social media accounts of supporters, with photos that were said to show the shooting.