By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 03:02 EST, 19 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:25 EST, 19 September 2013 An Egyptian police chief was shot dead today as security forces tried to regain control of an area where gunmen killed 11 policemen last month and mutilated their bodies. Police had earlier fired tear gas and exchanged gunfire with armed men in Kerdasa, on the outskirts of Cairo, state TV reported. Despite wearing a bulletproof vest, Giza Police Chief General Nabil Farag was killed after unidentified militants opened fire. He was shot dead, and as these dramatic photographs show, had to be carried away by his fellow officers.
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Troops stormed Kerdasa, near Cairo, to arrest those accused of torching police stations and killing security officers
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Policeman shot dead as officers and gunmen fired tear gas and bullets
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Egyptian soldiers wait for instructions as they gather in a street during an operation against gunmen in the underfire @placeholder district