A police recruit was killed in Port Said when unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles fired at a security force deployed in the street.
Police shot back, but the assailants fled through a side street.
The exchange of fire resulted in the injury of recruit Ahmed Hamed Youssef. He was taken to the hospital but died from his injuries.
The police are intensifying efforts to arrest the attackers, while the Interior Ministry mourned the recruit and promised to fully support his family.
Edited translation from MENA
