An Egyptian policeman has opened fire at a popular visitor attraction gunning down and killing at least two Israeli tourists.
The cowardly attack happened on Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, and the officer is understood to have shot dead at least two Israelis and one Egyptian, local media reported.
Extra News television channel, which has close ties to Egyptian security agencies, quoted an unidentified security official as saying that another person was injured in the attack which took place in the Pompey’s Pillar tourist site in Alexandria.
The suspected assailant was detained, it reported. Israel’s Zaka rescue service reported two people killed in Alexandria.
In London police patrols have been stepped up amid fears of Islamists being inspired to carry out attacks on Jews in Britain.
