Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb at dawn Sunday, killing a police officer and the driver and wounding two others, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Police were on a routine patrol in New Nozha, a suburb east of Cairo, when their minibus came under fire, the ministry said.
Four unknown assailants armed with automatic rifles opened fire at the police vehicle before fleeing in a black car, AFP reported.
Police captain Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Razek and the driver of the minibus were killed, the statement noted, adding that two policemen who were riding with them were wounded in the attack.
Security forces have deployed in the area to track down the perpetrators.
