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Police Slain Short Distance From Giza Pyramids

July 14 2017

Egypt

Unidentified gunmen have ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint south of Cairo, killing five police officers, reports the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA).

Early Friday, assailants on a motorbike attacked police in the town of El-Badrashein in Giza province, about 20 miles south of Cairo, said an Interior Ministry source.

Security forces are hunting for the attackers, the source said. According to one account, the assailants stole the radios and weapons of the...

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