Preliminary investigations said that the victims were killed after one unknown militant attacked the checkpoint using gunfire. The company is part of the military National Service Projects Organisation. The General Prosecution started investigating the incident and ordered the bodies of the dead personnel to be buried. However, hours later, the Military Prosecution was reported to have started investigating the attack. State-owned newspaper Al-Ahram quoted a conscript who reportedly survived the attack saying that he watched one person storming into the checkpoint.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 05, 2017 17:03 UTC