CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have tracked down and killed a gunman suspected of involvement in an attack near St Catherine's Monastery in southern Sinai that left one police officer dead and three wounded, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on a police checkpoint about 800 metres (yards) from the monastery, one of the world's most important Christian sites.
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