Armed men attack checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai

Source: Reuters

Armed men opened fire on a security checkpoint on Wednesday in Egypt's Al-Arish city in the Sinai peninsula, state media said, four days after 16 border guards were shot dead in an attack blamed partly on Palestinian militants.

Exchanges of gunfire continued late into the night but there were no immediate reports of injuries, Egypt's MENA state news agency said.

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