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Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on police officer, soldier in suburb

Armed men shot dead a police officer and a soldier while they were in their car in the Giza area, on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday.

Kashmiri protesters hold a banner similar to the flag commonly used by Islamic State bearing the acronym ISJK, which stands for Islamic State and Jammu Kashmir, amid smoke of tear gas fired by Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Islamic state has claimed responsibility for an armed attack on a police officer and a soldier in the Cairo suburb of Giza, a statement from the group posted on messaging service Telegram said.

Egypt is fighting a wave of Islamist militancy against security forces.

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