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Daesh Claims Responsibility for Cairo Police Officers Attack

© AP Photo / Mohsen NabilEgyptian police and civilians gather around a bullet ridden microbus in the south Cairo neighborhood of Helwan, Sunday, May 8, 2016
Egyptian police and civilians gather around a bullet ridden microbus in the south Cairo neighborhood of Helwan, Sunday, May 8, 2016 - Sputnik International
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"Daesh" is claimed to be responsibile for the Cairo police attack, leaving eight officers dead, Al Arabiya television channel reported Sunday.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack on police in the Egyptian capital, in which eight officers were shot dead, Al Arabiya television channel reported Sunday.

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Previous media reports suggested that Popular Resistance Movement, which is thought to have links with the outlawed in Egypt Muslim Brotherhood religious and political group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Earlier on Sunday, four unidentified men ambushed and opened fire at a microbus carrying local plainclothed policemen from automatic firearms in the Greater Cairo's city of Helwan, killing a first lieutenant and seven other police officers. Each victim sustained more than ten gunshot wounds.

The Daesh terrorist group, outlawed in many countries including Russia, are notorious for carrying out terrorist attacks across the Middle East, North Africa and some European countries.

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