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1st LD: One Conscript killed in attack on Niger Embassy in Cairo

Xinhua, July 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least one conscript was killed and two others were wounded in the early hours of Wednesday in an attack on the Niger Embassy in Egypt, official news agency MENA reported.

Three gunmen in a car opened fire on the security men outside Niger's embassy in Giza's Al-Haram district and fled the scene, the report said.

Initial investigation revealed that seven bullets have penetrated the security man's body and he died on the spot. The wounded have been transferred to the nearest hospital. Enditem