5 Egypt soldiers killed in Cairo attack

Gunmen killed five soldiers at a Cairo checkpoint on Saturday in a brazen morning attack the military blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood movement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. The attack came two days after gunmen killed a soldier in Cairo, as militants once largely confined to the restive Sinai Peninsula increasingly target the Egyptian capital in a campaign that has killed more than 200 police and soldiers since the army overthrew Morsi last July. The assailants on Saturday opened fire on military policemen as they finished their morning prayers and then planted two bombs to target first responders, the military said in a statement, according to AFP.