One policeman has been killed by gunmen who opened fire on a checkpoint near St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's south Sinai, officials say. Another three police officers were injured in the attack several hundred metres from the church entrance. Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, St Catherine's is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world and a Unesco world heritage site. Tuesday's attack comes just days after bombings at two Coptic Christian churches left 45 people dead. Egypt's Christian minority makes up about 10% of the pre-dominantly Muslim country of 92 million people.

Source: The Star April 19, 2017 00:22 UTC