Masked gunmen attacked a military train in Upper Egypt Wednesday morning, injuring three army personnel.
The train was on its way from Aswan to Cairo and was attacked in Beni Suef.
Security officers quickly arrived to the scene and set up a security cordon around the Beni Haidar area where the attack occurred. Plantations adjacent to the railway were searched for signs of the attackers. The incident suspended railway operations for 3 hours.
The train was carrying military equipment and a number of soldiers and officers when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the railway and then fled, according to eyewitnesses.
The injured were transferred to the Beni Suef General Hospital for initial emergency care before being transferred to the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
