The Islamic State group claimed a suicide attack

Cairo

: At least three Egyptian policemen were killed in a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, state media reported, as the Islamic State group claimed a suicide attack.

State television said there were also wounded in the bombing in North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish.

The Islamic State group's affiliate in Sinai said one of its militants drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a police club in the town.