Gunmen open fire on tourist bus near the Giza pyramids

Two masked gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on a tourist bus near the Giza pyramids. Security sources in Cairo said there have been no deaths among the group of holidaymakers, which included two Israelis. One gunmen was arrested at the scene and security forces surrounded the other attacker in another part of Cairo, sources say. An official said there had been some damage to the facade of the Three Pyramids Hotel.

Egypt will make every effort to keep tourists safe.

President Abdel Fattah Sisi, following the bombing of a tourist plane in November.

The Egyptian government has been battling an insurgency based in northern Sinai, with attacks multiplying after the military overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in 2013. The uprising has seen the country’s mainland attacked a number of times in recent months. Some extremists in Sinai have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and claimed the downing of a Russian airliner in the area last year.

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