Gunmen kill police officer, driver in Cairo
Monday 08/April/2019 - 02:46 PM
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says a police officer and
his driver have been killed when unknown gunmen opened fire on a patrol in
Cairo.
The ministry said in a statement another two
policemen were wounded in Sunday’s attack which took place when police officers
went to inspect a parked car in the Heliopolis district.
It says the gunmen got out of the car with automatic
rifles and fired on the policemen, before fleeing the scene.
Authorities have not identified the assailants.
Police face occasional gun violence in Cairo. Egypt
has also been battling Islamic militants for years, and an IS affiliate based
in northern Sinai has carried out attacks across Egypt.
