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TEHRAN, Apr 07 - Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - It was not immediately clear who was behind the latest attack on security forces in Egypt, which has been battling insurgency since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014.
Police were on a routine patrol in New Nozha, a suburb east of Cairo, when their minibus came under fire, the ministry said.
Four unknown assailants armed with automatic rifles opened fire at the police vehicle, it said in a statement, before fleeing in a black car.
Police captain Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Razek and the driver of the minibus were killed, the statement said, adding that two policemen who were riding with them were wounded in the attack.
Security forces have deployed in the area to track down the perpetrators, the ministry said.
Sunday's deadly shooting comes weeks after a police officer was wounded and seven suspected militants killed in a Cairo firefight and subsequent raid.
Source: AFP
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