5 police killed in Egypt checkpoint attack

Jan 23, 2014

Assailants killed five Egyptian policemen in an attack on a checkpoint south of the capital Cairo on Thursday, state television reported.

Assailants killed five Egyptian policemen in an attack on a checkpoint south of the capital Cairo on Thursday, state television reported.

The attack in the province of Beni Suef also wounded two policemen, and came two days ahead of the commemoration of the third anniversary of 2011 uprising.

AFP

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