In Egypt, eight policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the Wadi al-Jadid province yesterday. The Interior Ministry said in a statement in Cairo that three other officers were also wounded in the attack. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. <br/><br/>The attack came a week after eight other policemen were killed by Islamic State militants (IS) in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security forces have been battling IS-led militants in Sinai for years, but the insurgency has grown deadlier and more widespread over the last three years.