CAIRO: One person was killed in an attack on a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in a town north of Cairo early on Thursday, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported.

A fire broke out at the restaurant in a town in the province of Menoufia, 80km north of the capital, after assailants on a motorcycle threw flammable materials and then opened fire, it said. One person was wounded.

Frequent small-scale attacks, often on security forces, have hurt Egypt’s efforts to project an image of stability after four years of turmoil.