A roadside bombing in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed two policemen on Monday, the interior ministry said.
The ISIS group's self-styled Amaq news agency said a bomb planted by terrorists targeted a police mine clearing vehicle, but it was not clear whether it was referring to the same incident.
The victims have been identified as brigadier general Ahmed Kamal Mahmous, 49, and conscript Kirollos Wahib Fahmy, 21.
Three other conscripts inside the vehicle were also wounded with shrapnel and taken to a military hospital.
The interior ministry said a police lieutenant and a sergeant were killed when a roadside bomb tore through a convoy, also wounding two officers and a conscript.
ver the past several years, Egyptian troops have been engaged in efforts to quell rampant militancy across the Sinai Peninsula.
The battle has led to the deaths of hundreds of troops and militants, including those with the Takfiri Velayat Sinai group.
Previously known as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, the outfit has pledged allegiance to the Daesh terror group, which is mainly active in Iraq and Syria.
In October 2014, a state of emergency was declared across the whole peninsula following a deadly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 33 soldiers.
source : abna24
