1 officer killed, 4 injured in security police vehicle shooting

CAIRO - 18 June 2017: At least one officer has been killed and four security personnel have been injured in a mass shooting targeting a Central Security Forces (CSF) vehicle on Autostrad road, near the Cairo suburb of Maadi on Sunday, Security sources confirmed.

The unknown assailants, riding in a four-by-four pickup truck opened fire on the CSF vehicle in the early morning hours on Sunday. In order to besiege the culprits, security forces blocked the roads leading to the neighborhood right after the attack.

The Ministry of Interior has yet to confirm whether this is considered an act of terrorism.