Egyptian police arrest three suspects over Aswan shooting that wounded an 8-year-old

Egyptian security forces arrested three suspects who opened fire in Aswan on October 6, wounding an 8-year-old boy passing by with his father.

• The Interior Ministry said police received a report on October 6 of a fight between a worker and three unemployed suspects in Aswan.
• The three suspects fired at the worker from a tricycle using an automatic rifle and a shotgun, wounding the child with buckshot.
• Police arrested the suspects and seized the two firearms and the tricycle, which carried no license plates.
• The suspects confessed to the shooting, and the child's father accused them of injuring his son.