8 Egyptian policemen killed in ISIS suicide attack in Cairo

At least seven policemen and one police officer were killed in a drive-by shooting in Helwan, a district in Cairo.
According to initial reports, the assailants were waving an ISIS flag before attacking the police personnel who were in a vehicle in Helwan.
The assailants fled the scene immediately after the attack and hours later the ISIS militias in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
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