Terror in Cairo: 3 police officers killed in shooting attack

Gunmen in two vehicles opened fire on a moving security patrol in Cairo Tuesday, killing three policemen and injuring five others. The security forces exchanged fire with the gunmen before they escaped the scene.
The attack came three days after Pope Francis wound up a brief visit to Egypt with an open-air Mass at the soccer stadium in suburban Cairo as a show of support for the Christian community increasingly targeted by Muslim terrorists.

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