Motorcycle riding gunmen open fire upon tourists as they boarded bus in Cairo

Motorcycle riding gunmen opened fire on tourists as they boarded a bus in Cairo. The attack happened at a hotel on a road that leads to the pyramids. Police succeeded in nabbing both the gunmen - there were no casualties. One gunman was arrested at the scene and the other one, who wore a mask, in another part of Cairo.
The incident has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 7 January 2016.

Among the tourists were two Israelis and, the incident took place in front of the Three Pyramids Hotel which was sprayed with bullets.
Incidentally, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas today in the predominantly Muslim country and tourism is the mainstay of the Egyptian economy. It has been struggling to recover from political turmoil that had been triggered by the 2011 uprising in which Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has already declared an all-out war on Islamist militants, who are trying to destabilize the country through suicide bombings and shooting attacks. On October 31, Islamic State's Egypt affiliate had planted a bomb on a Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai killing all 224 people on board. As a result, Russia put a stop to all Russian flights to and from Egypt, while Britain has suspended air links with Sharm el-Sheikh, where the plane took off.
Incidentally, millions of tourists, mostly Britons and Russians, flock to the Red Sea resort which has the attractions of year-round pristine beaches, warm weather and dive sites.

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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