Birdshot fired at Egyptian Prime Minister’s convoy

PanARMENIAN.Net - Egyptian police officials say five men in a pick-up truck have fired birdshot at the prime minister's convoy during a road rage argument, not knowing he was inside, Herald Sun reports.

They say Prime Minister Hesham Kandil's three-car convoy was on a Cairo bridge late on Sunday, May 5 when it encountered the speeding truck, and fired warning shots in the air to get it to move.

The men fired birdshot at the convoy. They later told police they didn't realize the Prime Minister was inside one of the tinted-windowed cars.

The men were promptly arrested. Police said they had apparently been racing to their home neighborhood after getting into a fight with people elsewhere.

Police officials, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to the press, say the incident was not politically motivated.