An alleged attempt on the life of the newly named vice president of Egypt left two of his bodyguards dead the day after his appointment, a recent report said.
"It's so organized that it's been classified an assassination attempt," Fox News reported Friday.
An unnamed "senior US official" told Fox News that he was amazed the story of Omar Suleiman's assassination attempt had not been "picked up" yet.
The attempt on Suleiman's life reportedly happened during a motorcade the day after embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named him to his cabinet on January 29.
However, Richard Engel, the NBC News correspondent in Cairo, said on Twitter that the Sueiman assassination story is merely a rumor.
"#egypt re-reports of assassination attempt against Suleiman. US source says 'NO evidence of any attempt...rumor originated with media,' Engel wrote late Friday.When asked about the report of a failed assassination, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told Fox News, "I'm not going to ... get into that question."...................................
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