Eight Egyptian policemen killed in gun attack

Desk Report: Gunmen killed eight police in an attack on a checkpoint in el-Wadi el-Gedid province in south-west Egypt late Monday, the interior ministry said.

The attack took place on al-Naqab checkpoint, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from el-Kharga city, the capital of the province.

Two of the attackers were killed when security forces fought back, and three other security personnel were injured, Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The forces have launched a hunt for the remaining attackers who managed to escape after the attack, it said.

No terror group has claimed responsibility of the attack so far.

Egypt has witnessed many violent attacks by militants in the last few years and since the January 2011 revolution that toppled the ex-president Hosni Mubarak.

The attacks targeting police and military increased after the ouster of Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 by military following massive protests against his rule.

 

Source: Agencies

 

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