Cairo
According to the SITE Intelligence Group, the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency announced that the group's militants carried out the attack.
The gunmen targeted a security checkpoint outside the monastery where they exchanged fire with police forces, a statement by the ministry said.
In retaliatory firing by police, some attackers were injured which forced them to flee, the statement added.
The injured have been transferred to Sharm El-Shiekh International Hospital for treatment, security officials said.
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