2 dead as gunmen attack Egypt police vehicle

Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday (April 7th), killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, AFP reported.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.

Police were on a routine patrol in New Nozha, a suburb east of Cairo, when their minibus came under fire, the interior ministry said.

Four unknown assailants armed with automatic rifles opened fire at the police vehicle before fleeing in a black car, it said in a statement.

Police Capt. Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Razek and the driver of the minibus were killed, and two policemen who were riding with them were wounded, the statement said.

Security forces have deployed in the area to track down the perpetrators, the ministry said.

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