Militants attacked a hotel in the northern Sinai Peninsula of Egypt with explosives and gunfire early on Tuesday, killing at least three people, including a judge, according to the military.<br />There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place at the Swiss Inn Resort in El Arish.<br />The hotel was housing judges who were monitoring voting in Egypt's parliamentary elections.<br />Militants belonging to an affiliate of the Islamic State have carried out numerous attacks in the northern Sinai, and last month they claimed responsibility for bringing down a Russian plane carrying tourists from the Sinai resort of Sharm el Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board.<br />They were also behind a bombing at a police club in El Arish this month that killed four officers.
