One officer and one soldier of the Egyptian police forces were injured today as a result of a bomb explosion, west of northern Sinai city of El Arish. Egyptian security sources said in a statement that unidentified criminals managed to plant the bomb next to the highway, "Arish / Qantara" west of the city of El Arish, to explode as a police armored was passing on the main road, resulting in wounding two policemen.