FILE PHOTO - A general view of the Saint Catherine's monastery (far left) with its living and tourist facility in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt May 18, 2005. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby/File Photo
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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