CAIRO // Security officials say a sniper shot a policeman dead in the restive northern Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid.
The officials say the policeman was standing guard in a surveillance tower at the Sheikh Zuweid police station when he was shot on Saturday.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The military is facing a growing insurgency in North Sinai. The area’s ISIL affiliate has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks.
On July 1 the military has said that a multi-checkpoint assault killed at least 17 soldiers in north Sinai. Officials from multiple branches of Egypt’s security forces previously said that the attack killed dozens more.
* Associated Press
