A senior security source at the Interior Ministry announced the death of three policemen in a terrorist attack on a branch of the National Bank of Egypt in central Sinai on Monday.
In a statement to the Middle East News Agency on Monday, the security source said that a number of terrorists attacked the bank and planted five explosive devices in the vicinity of the branch.
The bank security reportedly exchanged fire with the perpetrators, killing a number of the attackers.
The security source said that bomb squad dismantled the five improvised explosive devices and combed the surrounding area to hunt down the attackers.
Edited Translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
