(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Cairo Sha'ban 1 1437 May 8 2016 SPA -- Gunmen shot dead eight policemen Sunday in a Cairo suburb the latest in a series of assaults targeting security forces in Egypt dpa reported.
The plainclothes officers were inside a small bus in the southern suburb of Helwan when the gunmen came out of a pickup truck opened fire and then fled the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The attack was carried out by four assailants using automatic rifles the ministry added.
There were conflicting claims of responsibility for the ambush.
--SPA
13:16 LOCAL TIME 10:16 GMT
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