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Two police officers killed in Upper Egypt attack
A police patrol came under fire by wanted gunmen in Dayrout, 350 km south of Cairo, leaving two young officers dead and a third injured, Assiut security chief Abu al-Qassim Daif said in press statements
07.08.2013 - Update : 07.08.2013
CAIRO
Two Egyptian police officers were killed in a militant attack in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut.
A police patrol came under fire by wanted gunmen in Dayrout, 350 km south of Cairo, leaving two young officers dead and a third injured, Assiut security chief Abu al-Qassim Daif said in press statements.
It was not immediately clear if the attackers were arrested.
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