Gunmen raid Egyptian bank, 13 killed

The Interior ministry said in a statement the raidersoriginally targeted the next-door Banque Misr but were driven off by security guards. One policeman was killed.

The gunmen then ran into the National Bank, where twopolicemen, two bank employees and one of the attackers were killed. A second robber was wounded and died later in police custody, security sources said.

The gunmen fled with 1.3 million pounds 340,000 in apick-up van, firing at random at passers-by. Eleven were wounded and six of them died later from their injuries, including a 12-year-old boy, according to security sources.

There was no word on the identity of the attackers.