Gunmen open fire on tourist bus in Cairo

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CAIRO: A gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on tourists bus in Cairo on Thursday but there were no casualties, security sources said.

The attack took place at a hotel on a road leading to the pyramids.

One gunmen was arrested at the scene and security forces surrounded the other attacker in another part of Cairo, said the sources.

The tourists included two Israelis, the sources said.

Tourism is a pillar of the Egyptian economy, which has been struggling to recover from political turmoil triggered by the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.