(AFP Photo)
By: Nasser Al-Azzazi
Armed men fired at a police checkpoint at the entrance to the port of Al-Arish on Sunday night. Police fired back and injured one man, apprehending the rest.
A source within the North Sinai Security Directorate said that the attackers were driving a Hyundai Verna with no licence-plates. Police followed the armed men from the Provincial Governors Office in the Abu Saqal neighbourhood along the Al-Arish-Rafah road, eventually chasing them north along a side road towards Al-Arish.
At the checkpoint, local security forces ambushed the attackers to apprehend the men, who fired at port security members and police forces in response.
Police forces injured one man, who was shot in the jaw and taken to Al-Arish hospital, while the rest of those apprehended were taken to the local police headquarters.
A public prosecutor was tasked with launching an investigation into the matter.
