Thousands of residents of Beheira province attended on Saturday the funeral held for First Lieutenant Mohamed Abu Ghazala who was killed on Friday in a terrorist attack in North Sinai.
The slain officer is the grandson of former defense minister Field Marshal Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala.
He was laid to rest in Zuhur Al Omraa village, his birth place.
A terrorist attack on a checkpoint in Arish city left 30 army troops dead and dozens others injured on Friday.