At least nine dead in suicide bombing in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

A suicide bomber drove a bin lorry packed with explosives into a security checkpoint outside a police building in northern Sinai, killing at least nine and wounding 10 people, Egyptian officials said.

The attack in the city of el-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday was followed by smaller explosions as militants wearing black masks fired rocket-propelled grenades at the troops around the checkpoint, according to security and medical officials.