No group has immediately claimed responsibility for this particularly brazen drive-by shooting.

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The attack in Nasr City is a break from the usual terror operations in the restive northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Militants have occasionally struck farther south and also on the mainland — such as in last month’s massive suicide bombings in Tanta and in Alexandria. Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group.

This latest drive-by attack comes two days after Pope Francis wrapped up a historic visit to Egypt during which security was exceptionally tight, with police swarming Cairo’s streets.

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