El-Arish (Egypt), Oct 29 (AP) Security and hospitalofficials say an attack targeting a police vehicle bysuspected militants in the turbulent northern part of Egypt'sSinai Peninsula has killed two conscripts.
They say the militants disabled the truck with a roadsidebomb detonated remotely then opened fire.
A total of 10 conscripts were wounded in the attack onthe outskirts of el-Arish, Sinai's largest city on theMediterranean coast.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity becausethey were not authorized to brief the media.
Security forces have been battling militants in northernSinai for years in an insurgency that gathered steam after the2013 ouster by the military of an Islamist president whoseone-year rule proved divisive.
Egypt is also facing a growing number of attacks bymilitants in its western desert. (AP)UZM.
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