Roadside explosions strike convoy of military, police vehicles in northern Egypt
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An Egyptian security official says three explosions have targeted a military and police convoy in volatile northern Sinai, wounding four troops.
The official says Friday's explosions, one of which was from a roadside bomb, hit near the town of Sheikh Zuweid, close to the border with the Gaza Strip.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
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The northern part of the Sinai Peninsula has seen a rise in attacks and suicide bombings by suspected Islamic and al-Qaida-inspired militants, especially after the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in a popularly-backed coup in July.
Egypt's interim, military-backed government has designated Morsi's group, the Muslim Brotherhood, as a terrorist organization and accuses it of ties to a known al-Qaida-inspired group that has claimed many of the Sinai attacks.