Gunmen kill two policemen in North Sinai drive-by shooting

Friday 25-07-2014 04:35 PM
Gunmen kill two policemen in North Sinai drive-by shooting

An Egyptian soldier guards the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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CAIRO, July 25 (Aswat Masriya) - Unknown gunmen killed two policemen in North Sinai's Sheikh Zoueid on Friday.

The gunmen attacked a police vehicle carrying a brigadier-general and his son, a police officer, a security source told Aswat Masriya.

Security forces fired back at the gunmen who managed to escape, the source said.

The armed forces have been launching crackdowns in various cities to arrest militant extremists that target police and army elements in Sinai since former President Mohamed Mursi's ouster in July 2013.

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