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CAIRO – An Egyptian policeman opened hearth on Israeli vacationers in the Mediterranean town of Alexandria, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian, in step with Egypt’s Interior Ministry.
Extra News tv channel, which has shut ties to Egyptian safety companies, quoted an unidentified safety reliable as pronouncing that someone else was once wounded in the assault, which came about at the Pompey’s Pillar site in Alexandria.
It mentioned the suspected assailant was once detained.
Security forces briefly cordoned off the site of the assault. Graphic photos posted on social media confirmed two figures mendacity immobile at the flooring of what looked to be a tourist site. Another was once observed being helped by means of a gaggle of fellows. One girl was once heard screaming for ambulance.
Israel’s Zaka rescue carrier reported two other people killed in Alexandria.
Sunday’s assault got here as Israel was once battling Palestinian militants after a big incursion from Gaza.
Egypt made peace with Israel a long time in the past and has lengthy served as a mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian war. But anti-Israeli sentiment runs top in the rustic, particularly all over bouts of violence.