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Six killed, 12 wounded in random shooting in Cairo

CAIRO, July 6 (KUNA) -- Six labor workers were killed and 12 others were wounded on Tuesday after a bus driver opened fire randomly at his passengers in western Cairo, reported the Middle East News Agency (MENA).
The news agency quoted Assistant Interior Minister Major Generzal Osama Al-Marasi as saying that the bus driver was an employee of a construction company and had pulled over the company bus and used an assault rifle to fire at his passengers.
Security personnel rushed to the area and arrested the bus driver, taking him away for interrogation.
The wounded were taken to hospital for treatment. (end) ez.ema KUNA 061508 Jul 10NNNN