Eight policemen gunned down in attack on checkpoint in New Valley

Eight policemen were killed and three others were injured in an attack on a checkpoint in the New Valley province of Egypt’s Western Desert, AMAY reported. Two terrorists were killed during the gun battle, Reuters added. Meanwhile, an Egyptian offshoot of Daesh has reportedly claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb outside a police station in North Sinai that claimed the lives of at least 10 last week, according to Asharq Al-Awsat.