Cairo – At least eight policemen were killed and three wounded in an attack by Islamist militants on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
State television said the attack took place at around 8.15 p.m. in the Naqb checkpoint more than 600 kilometers southwest of Cairo.
At least two of the attackers were killed, the Interior Ministry said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
