A policeman was injured in a drive-by shooting on Friday in the province of Fayoum, south of Cairo, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Unknown assailants opened fire at the security officer while he was driving a motorbike on Fayoum city’s ring-road, injuring him in the leg and stomach.

He was sent to a Cairo hospital for treatment. Fayoum city is around 100km south of the capital.

Attacks on security forces have become regular occurrences since the 2013 ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, amid a burgeoning Islamist insurgency.

The deadliest attacks have taken place in the Sinai region but bombings, drive-by shootings and arson attempts are increasingly common in other parts of the country including Cairo, where two people died in a series of bomb attacks on Monday.