Police and military shot dead in Cairo

Armed men have sat in a suburb of Cairo killed a policeman and a soldier.

Egypt sees itself increasingly confronted with a wave of attacks by Islamist militants against security forces. It started in more remote areas of the Sinai, but is spreading towards the capital, and focus on goals that were previously considered safe such as tourist resorts on the Red Sea.
On Friday two gunmen attacked a hotel in the resort of Hurghada. In addition, three foreign tourists were injured.