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18:04, 14-Jul-2017
At least five killed in gunfire at Egyptian checkpoint
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At least five security personnel were killed on Friday when gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint in Egyptian province of Giza, according to Xinhua, citing an interior ministry source.
"Two policemen and three recruits were immediately killed after an attack with guns on their fixed checkpoint in Badrasheen district, south-west Cairo," official news agency MENA quoted the security source as saying.
Local media quoted eyewitnesses who said "masked men on a motorbike opened fire from automatic machines before fleeing the scene."
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
(With input from Xinhua)
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