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Gunmen shoot dead Egyptian policeman
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Gunmen killed an Egyptian policeman on Friday as he rode his motorbike across a bridge on the Nile in the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo, police said. Attacks on the security forces have surged since the army ousted Islamist president Mohammed Mursi in July, and as the military-installed authorities have pressed a deadly crackdown on his supporters. Sergeant Abdallah Metwally of Mansoura police station was shot dead by assailants, who were also on a motorbike, at about 7:30 am, Brigadier General el-Saeed Omara told AFP. read more

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#Cairo bus blast injures four
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Angry Egyptians set fire to a microbus, said to be belong to a company owned by a businessman who supports the Muslim Brotherhood, after passengers allegedly held up four fingers, the symbol known as “Rabaa,” during the funeral of those killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, north of Cairo, on December 24, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Khaled) Angry Egyptians set fire to a microbus, said to be belong to a company owned by a businessman who supports the Muslim Brotherhood, after passengers allegedly held up four fingers, the symbol known as “Rabaa,” during the funeral of those killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, north of Cairo, on December 24, 2013. (Photo: AFP (...)

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