CAIRO: At least 13 Egyptian policemen were killed in the Sinai peninsula when militants fired a mortar round at a security checkpoint in the city of Arish, security and medical sources said.
As per details, IS claimed responsibility on several websites for the attack and Egyptian state media later confirmed it.
The local IS affiliate has been targeting Egyptian security forces in Sinai and claimed the downing of a Russian airliner last October that killed 224 people.
