Cairo: An Egyptian interior ministry employee was killed in North Sinai, security officials said Saturday, two days after militants aligned with Daesh killed 30 people in the peninsula.
The 50-year-old, who worked for the road traffic department, was shot in the head in his home in the regional capital of Al Arish on Friday night, the officials said.
The Sinai has witnessed a surge in attacks against security forces claimed by militant groups since the July 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohammad Mursi.
On Thursday, militants from Ansar Beit Al Maqdis - which has pledged allegiance to Daesh in Iraq and Syria - claimed a string of attacks, including a car bombing, that left at least 30 people dead.
Subsequent clashes between the army and militants killed two children on Friday.
