{{ A senior Egyptian police officer has been killed by a bomb blast in the capital, Cairo, security officials say.}}<\/p>\n
Brig-Gen Ahmed Zaki died when a device placed under his vehicle blew up in the western suburb of 6 October City.<\/p>\n
In Alexandria, a second officer was shot dead during a raid on what officials said was a militant hideout.<\/p>\n
Jihadist militants have stepped up attacks on security personnel and killed hundreds since the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi last July.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, gunmen killed an intelligence officer and a policeman while patrolling a desert road linking Cairo to the canal city of Suez.<\/p>\n
That attack came a day after a policeman died in another bombing in the capital claimed by a group named Ajnad Misr (Egypt’s Soldiers).<\/p>\n
It says it is waging a campaign against police because of the state’s crackdown on Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, in which more than 1,300 people have been killed and 16,000 others detained.<\/p>\n
The insurgency threatens security ahead of May’s presidential election, which former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win.<\/p>\n
The retired field marshal has vowed to crush the militants.<\/p>\n
In a separate development, the US will deliver to Egypt 10 Apache helicopters were held up after President Morsi was overthrown.<\/p>\n
BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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