Egyptian police thwarted on Saturday a terrorist attack in the city of al-Arish in northern Sinai.
Four terrorists were killed in the attack that sought to ambush security forces.
An informed source told the MENA news agency that the police confronted the attackers, leaving four of them dead, while the rest fled the area.
The security forces seized ten explosives at the scene, as well as four automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades, three explosives belts, hand grenades, a camera and a mobile phone.
Terrorist activity spiked in the northern and central Sinai regions after the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
The army and security forces have since February 9 been waging a campaign to eliminate terrorists from the peninsula.
