Militants killed two people including a policeman at a bank in Egypt's North Sinai region on Thursday and wounded several others, security sources said.
The militants fired a rocket and shot at police who were guarding the bank in the town of Al-Arish, the sources said.
Police fired back but the militants fled the scene.
Egypt's interior ministry could not immediately be reached for comment.
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