Some 12 people were killed and five others injured in Molotov attack on a nightclub in Agouza district, a security source in Giza security directorate said on Friday.

Three people riding a motorbike set fire to the nightclub and fled the scene, the source told MENA.

Civil protection forces controlled the blaze, the source said.

The security forces comb the area to identify the perpetrators, the source added.

Sources: MENA