Gunmen kill 3 Egyptian policemen, militants post video
Gunmen killed three policemen in Egypt's volatile Sinai
Peninsula on Monday, security sources said.
A militant group released a video of a deadly drive-by
shooting of a man identified as an army colonel.
The Sinai has become a major security headache for the
Egyptian authorities since the army overthrew elected President, Mohamed Morsi
of the Muslim Brotherhood in July.
Almost daily attacks by al Qaeda-inspired militants have
killed more than 100 members of the security forces since Morsi's ouster, said
the Army spokesman on September 15.
Instability in the Sinai worries western governments because
the region borders Israel and flanks the strategic Suez Canal, the quickest sea
route between Asia and Europe.
The Sinai is also difficult to police because it borders the
Gaza Strip, which is run by the Hamas group, an offshoot of the Muslim
Brotherhood.
The Egyptian army says that Gaza-based militants take part
in attacks over the border and accuses Hamas of doing too little to secure the
area, allegations it denies.
In the latest attacks, gunmen opened fire on a police
station in the city of El-Arish in North Sinai, killing two policemen as they
were eating breakfast outside the building.
In a separate
incident, a police officer walking in the city was shot in the head and killed.
Gunmen also shot and killed a civilian in another attack in
the nearby town of Sheikh Zuwa.
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