A funeral was held in Suez governorate for a judge who was shot dead along with two others in North Sinai earlier on Saturday.

Head of army counter-terrorism efforts east of the Suez Canal Osama Askar, head of Suez security directorate Tarek el Gazzar and other commanders and senior officials took part in the funeral.

Earlier, a group of unknown gunmen opened fire on a car carrying four judges leaving three dead while the fourth was injured and carried to hospital.