Rod al-Farag police station was attacked by two families, who opened fire on police officers. Policemen tried to break up a violent altercation between the two families that injured two policemen, Ahmed Abdel Wahab and Ahmed Abdel Moaty. The incident broke out after a family member passed away. Mohsen Morad, Cairo Security Manager, called policemen to go to the incident after the families exchanged gunfire. Investigations said that the altercation was over a land dispute.