Egypt: Police Kill Armed Man in Front of a Cairo Church

Cairo — Security forces killed an armed man on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked a policeman in front of the Virgin Mary Church in Eastern Cairo, the state-owned MENA news agency reported.

"The police forces assigned to secure the Virgin Mary Church in Nuzha, Masr el-Gedida were surprised to find someone trying to attack a policeman with edged weapons," an security source told MENA.

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