Security officials in the Upper Egypt province of Aswan said a vacuum bomb was detonated Wednesday in the periphery of the city's military police department, Al Bawaba News reported. The officials added no injuries had yet been reported. A security cordon was made around the scene. Civil defense forces are currently combing the whole area for fear of other potential threats, they added. Earlier on Wednesday, 61 Egyptian security personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in the restive Sinai Peninsula, according to Egypt's Health Minihstry. The Islamic State-linked Wilayat Sinai claimed responsibilities for the attacks.
