Egyptian policeman killed in drive-by shooting north of capital
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Egypt's state news agency says gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a policeman manning a checkpoint just outside Cairo.
MENA quotes a security official as saying another two policemen were wounded in the shooting early Tuesday in Shibeen al-Qanatar, north of the capital.
Attacks on security forces spiked following the 2013 military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi amid mass protests against him.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The attacks have mainly occurred in the northern Sinai Peninsula. At least 14 people, mostly soldiers and police, were killed in attacks there on Sunday.
Maj. Gen. Magdy el-Shalaqani meanwhile said explosives struck electrical pylons on the outskirts of Cairo, cutting power to a complex housing most of Egypt's private TV stations and briefly taking them off the air.