3 Egyptian Police Killed by Gunmen

Three Egyptian policemen were killed, and another was injured, when gunmen fired upon their vehicle, in al-Arish.

Their attackers escaped from the scene, before reinforcements could get there.

The gunmen are believed to be from amongst the militants that Egypt has been hunting down.

Egyptian forces entered the Sinai, on August 26, as part of a joint effort with Israel, to remove Al Qaeda linked Salafists from the area.

Egypt became concerned with the terrorists, after sixteen border guards were killed, on August 5.