Two dead as gunmen attack Egypt police vehicle
Security forces search the area to track down the perpetratorsCAIRO: Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn on Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the latest attack on security forces in Egypt, which has been battling an militant insurgency since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014. Security forces have deployed in the area to track down the perpetrators, the ministry said. Egyptian security forces have been targeted by extremist groups since the army, then led by Sisi, overthrew President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood organisation. 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: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 10:52 UTC
