A senior security source at the Interior Ministry announced the death of three policemen in a terrorist attack on a branch of the National Bank of Egypt in central Sinai on Monday.
In a statement to the Middle East News Agency on Monday, the security source said that a number of terrorists attacked the bank and planted five explosive devices in the vicinity of the branch.
The bank security reportedly exchanged fire with the perpetrators, killing a number of the attackers.
The security source said that bomb squad dismantled the five improvised explosive devices and combed the surrounding area to hunt down the attackers.
