Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on tourists as they boarded a bus on a road leading to the pyramids. One gunmen was arrested at the scene and the other attacker was surrounded in another part of Cairo (file picture)
Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on tourists as they boarded a bus in Cairo, security sources said.
The attack took place at a hotel on a road leading to the pyramids.
One gunmen was arrested at the scene and security forces surrounded the other attacker in another part of Cairo, said the sources.
The attack took place at a hotel on a road leading to the pyramids.
One gunmen was arrested at the scene and security forces surrounded the other attacker in another part of Cairo, said the sources.
The tourists included two Israelis, the sources said, but there were no casualties.
Tourism is a pillar of the Egyptian economy, which has been struggling to recover from political turmoil triggered by the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared an all-out war on Islamist militants, who hope to destabilize Egypt through suicide bombings and shooting attacks.
Islamic State's Egypt affiliate has said it planted a bomb on a Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai on October 31, killing all 224 people on board.
On terror alert: Islamic State's Egypt affiliate has said it planted a bomb on a Russian passenger plane (pictured) that crashed in the Sinai on October 31, killing all 224 people on board
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