CAIRO, Nov 14 (Aswat Masriya) - Gunmen fired at a police row officer at al-Arish rescue police station in North Sinai's al-Arish city on Friday injuring him in a failed assassination attempt, police sources said.

Two armed men driving a motorbike shot him, sources added. He was injured in his left arm, but managed to shoot one of the perpetrators, who was injured, but managed to escape.

The row officer was transferred to the military hospital in al-Arish for treatment.

Egypt's security forces have intensified their measures in North Sinai in reaction to repeated militant attacks targeting army and police officials. The attacks rose significantly since the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year, expanding to other areas of the country including the capital.