The State Department expressed confidence Thursday that the Egyptian government would find and arrest those responsible for the attack on the four Israelis in Cairo Wednesday. “We strongly deplore this repugnant act and offer our condolences to the family of the woman who was killed,” State Department deputy spokesman Charles Redman said. “We wish speedy recovery for those wounded in the attack. We are fully confident of the Egyptian determination to bring those behind the attack to justice.”
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