Gunmen attack Giza checkpoint, 3 police injured

Menan Khater
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Bombs have become common in the capital over the past two years. (AFP FILE PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Giza on Sunday morning, injuring 3 (AFP FILE PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Giza on Sunday morning, injuring 3 (AFP FILE PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)

Unknown gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Giza on Sunday at dawn, injuring three policemen, according to the Ministry of Interior. Two other attacks took place in Giza last week.

On 6 January, a bomb was found in front of Al-Talbeya police station in Giza. A policeman, who attempting to defuse the device died when it exploded. A video of the incident went viral on social media networks.

On 5 January, masked gunmen injured two other policemen in the Mohandessin district of Giza, the Ministry of Interior’s press office said.

On the same day, unknown assailants killed 2 policemen while they were on duty securing a church in Minya, south of Cairo, according to a representative from the Minya Directorate media office.

Attacks on military and police personnel have been occurring regularly throughout Egypt since the ousting of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

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