Policeman shot dead outside Alexandria police station – source

Sunday 28-12-2014 11:25 AM
Policeman shot dead outside Alexandria police station – source

Archive photo of wounded police officer in Sinai - Aswat Masriya

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CAIRO, Dec 28 (Aswat Masriya) – A policeman was killed and another was injured when unidentified assailants shot at security forces outside a police station in Alexandria on Sunday, a security source said.

The source told Aswat Masriya that the two policemen were "combing the area around the Montazah Police Station" when they were shot. The killed policeman, an "informant", was shot in the chest, while an officer was shot in the leg and abdomen.

Militants have stepped up attacks targeting security forces in Egypt, particularly in the Sinai Peninsula, since the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013, which followed mass protests against his rule. 

Two policeman guarding a bank in Giza were gunned down early Saturday.

Ministry of Interior Spokesman Hany Abdel Lattif said that 153 policemen were killed this year alone.

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