Security sources said Monday that 10 other people were wounded in the two separate attacks Sunday.
They said three gunmen opened fire on a police patrol late Sunday, killing one policeman and wounding six others, including the girl who was shot in the head.
Earlier on Sunday, suspected militants killed a British tourist and wounded three, along with their Egyptian driver, raking with machine-gun fire the minibus taking them to a pharaonic temple in the southern province of Qena.
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