Egypt's Second Field Army members on Monday thwarted an attempt to break into Port Said General Prison, official spokesman of the Armed Forces Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali said.
A group of six armed people on motorcycles clashed with army forces and exchanged gunfire, Colonel Ali said in a statement published on his Facebook page.
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