02 October 2016•Update: 03 October 2016
By Khaled el-Geyoshi
CAIRO
A bomb blast killed four civilians in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, according to Egyptian authorities.
An explosive device targeted an electricity company’s vehicle in northern Sinai, Egypt’s Electricity Ministry said in a statement.
Four technicians were killed and two others injured in the attack,” the ministry said.
A local security source earlier told Anadolu Agency three people had been killed and three others injured in the blast.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack.
On Saturday, five policemen were killed and nine others injured in two militant attacks in northern Sinai.
Egypt has been battling an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula amid militant attacks that mainly targeted security forces.
