Three conscripts were injured when unidentified gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Arish's Sheikh Zoueid on Thursday evening.

Mohamed Saeed Fathi, 22, was shot in his left leg, Ahmed Saeed Abdel Maguid, 24, was shot in the stomach and the leg and Mohamed Eid Gabr sustained injuries in his right leg from shrapnel, a medical source told Aswat Masriya.

The injured conscripts were taken to the Arish hospital for treatment.

On the other hand, an eyewitness reported that there was shooting at an army checkpoint in front of a power plant in Sheikh Zoueid and there were reports of injuries after a rocket-propelled grenade hit an army tank.