Gunmen kill soldier in Egypt's Sinai: police official
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Egyptian security forces take position during an operation in the northern Sinai peninsula on August 8, 2012. Gunmen shot dead an Egyptian soldier on Sunday during an attack on a checkpoint in the restive north of Sinai, a police official said. (AFP/File)
Gunmen shot dead an Egyptian soldier on Sunday during an attack on a checkpoint in the restive north of Sinai, a police official said.
The attack took place near the town of El-Arish, where Islamists this week stormed the provincial headquarters and raised the banner of Islamist militants.