Egypt Officials Say ISIS Attack Kills 5 Troops in Sinai

Egyptian policemen stand guarding a checkpoint on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish in a file photo. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO—ISIS terrorist group ambushed a checkpoint in the restive northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing at least five troops from the security forces, officials said.

At least six other troops were wounded in the attack in the town of Sheikh Zuweid and taken to a military hospital in the Mediterranean city of el-Arish, they said.