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Armed gunmen kill and injure Egyptian soldiers in Cairo

Published March 13th, 2014 - 07:21 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

An army bus was attacked by armed gunmen on Thursday in Cairo, leaving one officer dead and three injured.

The attack on the Egyptian army bus comes amid a resurgence of Islamist militancy in Egypt following former President Mohamed Morsy's removal from power in July 2013. Since then, Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has directed a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and named a terrorist group in December.

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