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At least nine people are dead after a gunman wearing an explosive vest opened fire at a church in Cairo, before being shot and killed by police.
Egypt's interior ministry said two officers were killed in the attack, with a further five security guards also injured, according to an Al-Arabiya reporter.
Two attackers opened fire at the entrance to the church of Mar Mina in Helwan district, which was being guarded by police in the run-up to Orthodox Christmas celebrations next week, security sources said.
Police also diffused two bombs nearby.
One attacker was shot dead by security forces, the sources and the state-run news agency MENA reported. State television said the second had been captured.
The Health Ministry said that nine people had been killed on Friday in addition to the gunman, and five wounded, including two women in serious condition.