ARISH (AA) – At least two people were killed and 48 wounded on Monday when a booby-trapped car exploded inside the South Sinai Security Directorate, located in Al-Tur, the capital of Egypt's South Sinai province, eyewitnesses and security sources told Anadolu Agency.
According to security sources, causalities included police personnel and civilians who happened to be in the directorate building at the time of the blast.
The sources expected the death toll to rise to at least five.
Explosive devices found planted near the walls of the facility were being defused.
The security sources added that military reinforcements had been sent to the site and were currently combing surrounding areas.
Monday's attack on a South Sinai security facility was the first of its kind since the army's July 3 ouster of elected president Mohamed Morsi.
Since Morsi's overthrow, police and army personnel and facilities have come under almost daily attack.
However, all such attacks had, until now, been confined to Egypt's North Sinai province.
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