Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-gheit confirmed that former Vice President Omar Suleiman had survived an assassination attempt earlier this month, DPA reported on Thursday.
An unknown group opened fire on Suleiman's car from a stolen ambulance near the neighborhood of Heliopolis in Cairo, Abul-gheit said on the al-Hayat satellite television station.
One of Suleiman's bodyguards was killed in the attack, and two other members of his entourage were injured, Abul-gheit said.
The shooting reportedly took place on February 4, a week before the resignation of former president Hosny Mubarak.
Abul-gheit's statement is the first official confirmation of the assassination attempt.
Suleiman, who was for many years head of the Egypt's intelligence service, was sworn in as Mubarak's first vice president in nearly 30 years of rule on January 29, in an attempt to appease protesters.
He has not appeared in public since announcing Mubarak's resignation on February 11.
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