[Bouncr: 3v394] Eight Police Officers Killed In Egypt During Attack By Gunmen

Mohsen Nabil / AP

Eight Egyptian police officers were killed when gunmen opened fire on a bus they were traveling in Sunday.

The plain clothes officers were traveling through a Cairo suburb when four gunmen opened fire, the Egyptian Interior Ministry confirmed in a statement.

The officers were returned from a security inspection when they were attacked.

Mohsen Nabil / AP

Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar ordered an investigation into the attack, calling the eight officers "heroes of the police martyrs who sacrificed their lives to preserve the security of the homeland and the people," the Associated Press reported.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

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