A national security policeman has
been shot dead by unknown attackers in Menoufiya, north of Cairo.
Equipped men on a motorbike shot the 43-year-old
policeman as he was leaving a mosque at first light on Wednesday, then fled the
scene said the source to Al-Ahram Arabic news site.
The policeman later passed away in the hospital
from 12 shot wounds.
The attack is the most recent in close day, by
viciousness against individuals from the security forces by asserted Islamists
since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and an ensuing
government crackdown on his supporters.
Hundreds of policemen and soldiers
have been killed in bombings and shootings in the past 18 months.
The deadliest attacks against security powers have
occurred in the northern part of the border in Sinai area, a hotbed of Islamist
militancy. Little scale bombings, which target police and additionally
financial establishments, have turned into general and regular events in Cairo
and other mainland areas and cities.
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