The governor of Egypt's central bank, Hisham Ramez, has been robbed at gunpoint at his home in Sixth October City.

Ramez was waiting for the car to take him to his office in downtown Cairo when the armed assailants attacked, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

The car was stolen and the governor's official guard was killed.

Ramez, who recently replaced longstanding governor Farouq El-Oqda, has told Al-Arabiya satellite channel that he believes the assault was a robbery not an assassination attempt.