Three police conscripts were killed in three separate attacks by gunmen in the North Sinai town of Arish on Sunday.
The officers were killed during attacks on a government facility and two police stations.
A security source in North Sinai said the first attack was carried out by masked gunmen on the Administrative Control building located behind a police station, killing 28-year-old conscript Islam Mohamed al-Sayed, who was shot in the head
The second attack took place at the same time on another police station, killing Ayman Hassan Mohamed, 40, who was shot in the chest.
The third attack was on the Radio and Television building, killing Fadi Ali Montasser with a shot in the neck.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm