Blast, gunmen kill 8 policemen in Egypt
At least eight policemen have been killed in two different incidents in Egypt.
Five policemen, including three senior officers, were killed by armed militants in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Thursday.
Separately, an explosion killed three policemen near a road that leads to the site of the ancient pyramids in the Cairo suburb of Giza.
Militants have intensified attacks on Egyptian soldiers and police since the army toppled the country’s democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, in 2013.
Similar attacks in recent days have been claimed by the Egyptian affiliate of the Takfiri Daesh terror group, known as Velayat Sinai.
Over the past few years, militants have used the Sinai Peninsula as a safe haven to carry out deadly attacks mainly targeting Egyptian army and police forces.
Velayat Sinai, previously known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, has claimed responsibility for most of the assaults. The group pledged allegiance to Daesh in November 2014.
The Egyptian army has long been engaged in military operations against the militants in the volatile region, which has been under a state of emergency since October 2014.
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