Egypt Unrest Six Soldiers Shot Dead in Cairo - Breaking news
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Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northern Cairo
suburb of Shubra al-Khayma, state media reports. A security official said two bombs left behind
by the attackers had been defused. The violence comes two days after another
soldier was shot dead in an attack on an army bus in eastern Cairo.
There has been an upsurge in violence since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed
Morsi last July. The military has accused Mr Morsi's Muslim
Brotherhood of carrying out this latest and previous attacks. The Brotherhood denies involvement.
It was designated a terrorist group in December and thousands of its members have been put
on trial. A series of high-profile attacks on security
forces in Cairo and the Sinai peninsula have been claimed by another group, Ansar Beit
al-Maqdis, which it says are in revenge for the military-backed government's repression
of Mr Morsi's supporters. Mr Morsi, elected in 2012 following the overthrow
of veteran ruler Hosni Mubarak, was ousted by the military amid huge streets protests
against him, after a year in power marred by deep political and social divisions.
