No group claimed responsibility for the attack The attacks happened in El-Arish city and in Rafah town EL-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian security officials say two separate attacks have killed three police conscripts and an officer in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula. The officials said Wednesday that the first attack took place in the city of El-Arish when an explosive device targeted an armored vehicle, killing a police officer and two conscripts. Another explosive device hit an armored vehicle in the town of Rafah, killing a conscript and wounding four others. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, which bore the hallmarks of the Daesh group. The attacks came a day after a Daesh suicide bomber killed four policemen and three civilians, including a child, in the northern Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid. Saudi Arabia"s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent cables of condolences to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. "We received the news of the terrorist attack in northern Sinai and the resulting deaths and injuries, we condemn in the strongest terms this criminal act," the king said. "Saudi Arabia stands by Egypt and its brotherly people and with the families of the deceased."