Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar on Tuesday directed all university deans to observe a minute's? silence during all lectures for victims of Wahat terrorist attack that left scores of policemen dead and injured on Friday.

Abdel Ghaffar and the leaderships of the Higher Education Ministry denounced the treacherous terrorist attack that took place in the Western Desert, prompting a shootout between policemen and terrorists.

They offered deepest condolences to the Egyptian people and families of the martyrs, according to a statement issued by the minister.

Source: MENA