Islamic State group claims attack on police in Egypt's Sinai
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing four Egyptian policemen in restive northern Sinai peninsula.
The group said in a Thursday statement carried by its news agency Aamaq and circulated on social media that its militants carried out the attack on Wednesday in the town of el-Arish. The Associated Press couldn't independently verify the authenticity of the statement.
The state-run newspaper Al-Ahram said on Wednesday that authorities were hunting the militants who opened fire on the policemen as they were riding in a private car.
