CAIRO: An Egypt military court has sentenced nine Egyptians to life in prison for their involvement in a failed attack on tourists at a famous pharaonic temple, army officials said Thursday.

Two others were also sentenced to seven years in jail for the attack, which prosecutors say was carried out by members of the Egyptian affiliate of Daesh.

On June 10, at least three heavily armed men riding in a taxi made their way past a security checkpoint into the parking lot of the Karnak temple in Luxor, southern Egypt.

The taxi driver grew suspicious and alerted the police, saying they spoke in Arabic and used some French words.

Surveillance footage shows that, when police approached the men, the assailants pulled assault rifles from their bags and opened fire on nearby cars as tourists disembarked from buses.

One of them killed himself by setting off an explosive vest he was wearing, while police killed an accomplice and seriously wounded another. Sixty bullet holes were found on a bus, a source close to the investigation said.

More than 600 tourists were present in the temple at the time of the attack.

Twelve men were referred to a military trial for their involvement in the attack, but one defendant died in custody, army officials said.

Those sentenced were Egyptians, while prosecutors have previously said that the two men who were killed during the attack were foreigners.

Meanwhile, masked men on a motorcycle shot and wounded the dean of an Egyptian university on Thursday outside his home, police said. Abdel Hakim Nur Al-Din, head of the Zagazig University, was shot in the leg as he waited for his driver in the northern province of Sharqiya.

Police said the unidentified gunmen had fled. Their motive was unclear.