Five Egyptian policemen are dead after three terrorists on a motorbike opened fire on their car.
The attack took place in al-Badrasheen, part of Giza Province, home of the Great Pyramids, located 30 kilometres south of Cairo.
According to a statement from the Egyptian Interior Ministry,
“A police officer who was near the site of the attack exchanged fire with the assailants forcing them to flee”.
Deal had provoked outrage among Egyptians and prompted thousands to take to streets in rare protests.
A Saudi crown prince was also a target of the suspects.
(ANTIMEDIA) Egypt — A nation known for brutality against civilians has just slammed the United States for hypocrisy following two police fatal shootings last week in Minnesota and Louisiana — as Egyptian lawmakers phrased it, the U.S. has “an alleged respect for human rights.”
EgyptAir resumed normal flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Friday [Xinhua]
Naval units from Egypt, France, Greece and the US spent the second day in a massive operation in one of the deepest regions of the Mediterranean for debris from EgyptAir MS804 which is believed to have crashed before dawn on Thursday.
At press time, the Egyptian military said it is investigating sighted debris in the Mediterranean 290 kms north of the coastal city of Alexandria for evidence it belongs to the downed plane.
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RT | August 15, 2013
Four journalists have been killed in violent clashes which swept Egypt on Wednesday, with a number of the press core suffering serious injuries in the clashes. At least 238 civilians died in total as security forces brutally broke up pro-Morsi rallies.
Egypt has been swept by horrific street violence, showers of gunfire, blazing fires and tear gas as relentless clashes have shaken cities in government attempts to break up the demonstrations.
