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 AMAQ 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.
State-run newspaper Al-Ahram said Wednesday that authorities are hunting the militants who opened fire on the policemen as they were riding in a private car.
Egypt in recent years has been battling a stepped-up insurgency in northern Sinai, mainly by militants from an Islamic State group affiliate. The campaign accelerated after the military ousted elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
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