Their attack is revenge for the “imprisonment of innocent women” in Egyptian prisons.
The cell of the extremist group “Islamic state” in Egypt, said that its fighters carried out the attack near Cairo, in which 8 may killed eight policemen.
As stated on the website of the militants, they opened fire on the van in the city of Helwan, which is a southern suburb of Cairo.
The gunmen said their attack is revenge for the “imprisonment of innocent women” in Egyptian prisons.
Earlier, the Egyptian interior Ministry reported that four armed men stopped the morning of may 8 near a Cairo police car and shot everyone that was in it. Among the eight policemen who died was an officer.
