Eight Egyptian police officers have been killed in a militant attack on a checkpoint in the northern Sinai peninsula, the interior ministry says.
The attack took place west of the city of El-Arish, as local people celebrated the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr.
The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) later said it was behind the attack. A claim published by its Amaq news agency said militants killed 10 police officers in two simultaneous attacks on checkpoints near El-Arish.
Egyptian state media meanwhile broadcast photographs purportedly showing the bodies of several of the attackers.
An IS affiliate called Sinai Province has killed hundreds of security personnel in attacks since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.