A bomb detonated in Egypt's North Sinai city of Arish, leaving a police conscript and another citizen dead, the spokesperson for Egypt's interior ministry, General Abu-Bakr Abdel-Karim, said in a statement.

The explosion resulted in the injury of another police conscript from the power management department.

"The bomb detonated while security forces were sweeping the area by Al-Bahr Street near Arish's third department," the statement read.

No party has yet claimed responsibility for the incident.

On Friday, Egypt's army spokesperson Mohamed Samir said the military killed 65 militants in operations in the cities of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in North Sinai.

The military has been fighting a militant insurgency, which includes the Islamic State group-affiliated Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, in parts of North Sinai for several years. Hundreds of troops and militants have been killed in the violence.

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