EGYPTIAN POLICE HUNTING FOR BOMBERS BEHIND ATTACKS IN THE SINAI PENINSULA KILLED THREE SUSPECTS ON MONDAY, THE INTERIOR MINISTRY SAID. A POLICE OFFICER WAS ALSO KILLED AND TWO OTHERS WOUNDED IN A HEAVY EXCHANGE OF FIRE WITH THE WANTED MEN IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF NORTHERN SINAI, THE MINISTRY SAID IN A STATEMENT, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. IT SAID THE MEN WERE PART OF A GROUP WHICH LAST WEEK KILLED 18 PEOPLE IN BOMB ATTACKS ON THE RED SEA RESORT OF DAHAB AND LAUNCHED TWO SUICIDE ATTACKS ON A MULTINATIONAL PEACE FORCE AND A POLICE STATION IN NORTHERN SINAI. THE POLICE ON SUNDAY SHOT DEAD ANOTHER THREE MEN THEY SAID BELONGED TO THE SAME GROUP OF SINAI BEDOUIN. THE AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED ONE OF THOSE AS THE MASTERMIND OF THE ATTACKS. THE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF NORTHERN SINAI.
