CAIRO — Egypt's Ministry of Interior says gunmen opened fire from a car and killed a senior police officer in northern Sinai. The ministry says Maj. Gen. Khaled Kamal Osman was inspecting security positions late Wednesday in the city of El-Arish when the gunmen started shooting. Police fired back and the attackers fled the scene in a white car Security forces have cordoned off the area and are searching for the perpetrators. A claim of responsibility by the Daesh branch in Egypt, known as Sinai Province of the Islamic State, is circulating on social media accounts of supporters. — AP
