Ambulances under heavy gunfire as they try to reach wounded,sources say, before soldiers slay five militantsAt least 13 Egyptian policemen were killed in the Sinai peninsula when Islamic militants fired a mortar round at a security checkpoint in the city of Arish, and security and medical sources said on Saturday. Islamic State claimed responsibility on several websites for the attack and Egyptian state media later confirmed it.
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Source: theguardian.com