The Interior Ministry intensified security efforts to catch the culprits of an exchange of fire between gunmen and security forces on the 26th of July axis, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Gunmen in a micro-bus attacked Captain Atef Mohamed Masry, an officer with the General Directorate of Traffic, and two other policemen coming from 6 October City on the axis, according to a security source.
The officers, who were in a police car, exchanged fire with the perpetrators before they escaped, the source added.
The police car driver was injured with gunshot wounds in his thigh and arm, and a citizen was injured on the right side of his body, the source said.
The injured were transferred to Sheikh Zayed Specialized Hospital for treatment.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
