DHAKA: At least 27 Egyptian security personnel were killed and 30 more injured  in a car bombing in the country's Sinai region, CNN reports. 

At least 28 other people were injured in the attack, which took place at a checkpoint in Karam al Qawadees in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuwaid district on Friday, media said. 

The wounded were taken to a hospital in northern Sinai.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for an urgent meeting with the National Defense Council to discuss the security situation in North Sinai, according to state-run TV.

BDST: 1025 HRS, OCT 26, 2014