Army Officer Killed, 3 İnjured İn Egypt Attacks

An army officer was killed and three others were injured in two separate attacks in Egypt on Friday as the country braces for rallies by Islamists demanding an "Islamic revolution".



An officer was killed and two soldiers were injured by gunfire in eastern Cairo, a security source said.



Another army officer was injured when unidentified people opened fire on him while checking security forces in the Abu Zaabal district in eastern Cairo, the source said.



The attacks came as Egypt's Salafist Front – a subcomponent of the main support bloc of ousted president Mohamed Morsi – called for an "Islamic revolution" on Friday with the aim of ending "military rule" and maintaining "Egypt's [Islamic] identity."



The call for protests has alarmed Egypt's security agencies, which have warned of potential violence by demonstrators.



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