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Egypt crisis: 'Four killed' in Sinai suicide attack Egypt crisis: 'Four killed' in Sinai suicide attack
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At least four members of Egypt's security forces have been killed in a suicide bombing in northern Sinai, state media and officials say. At least four members of Egypt's security forces have been killed in a suicide car bombing in northern Sinai, state media and officials say.
The attack happened at a checkpoint in the town of el-Arish. The vehicle blew up at a checkpoint just south of the the town of el-Arish when personnel were about to search it, the Associated Press reports.
Soldiers and at least one policeman were among the dead. State-run Nile News TV said a booby-trapped car had exploded at the checkpoint. Soldiers and at least one policeman are among the dead. Five have been wounded.
Egypt's security forces have been engaged in a major offensive against Islamist militants in Sinai for weeks.Egypt's security forces have been engaged in a major offensive against Islamist militants in Sinai for weeks.
The Sinai has been increasingly volatile since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in early 2011. Attacks on security forces there have grown in recent months, prompting a large-scale operation by the military.
Earlier this week, four people were killed and 45 injured in a car bomb attack on a security building in al-Tour, in southern Sinai.
Last month, at least six soldiers were killed in a double suicide bomb attack in Rafah, on the border with the Gaza Strip.