Suicide bomber kills 1, injures 24 in Egypt’s Sinai

A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into a police base in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, killing a civilian and wounding 24 policemen, security and health officials said.

The early morning attack took place in the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, the officials said.

Militants have stepped up attacks in the peninsula since the army’s ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.

“The bomber drove a water tanker filled with explosives into the rear gate of the base,” a security official said.

“As the vehicle approached, police fired on it, detonating the explosives inside.”