Gunmen shot dead two senior police and army officers yesterday in Egypt´s restive Sinai Peninsula where the military is battling an Islamist insurgency, security officials said.
The assailants opened fire on the police and army brigadiers as they were driving home in the Sheikh Zuwaid region.
Attacks by militants have killed almost 500 police and soldiers since Morsi´s overthrow, the government says.
Last week, 22 soldiers were killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in Egypt´s western desert, in the deadliest single assault since Morsi´s ouster.
