political decent and sent supporters for trial and over saw the acquittal of the former president mobarckople responsible for ousting mohamed morsi are responsible for the prosecutor general's death and it was established on violence turned egypt from a promising democratic country to one of mass killings and violence. prodemocracy activists say they are worried about what this latest attack means to egypt's future. >> what we are seeing is an increase in the violence and seeing french groups emerge as we have seen in the 90s and seeing in syria and iraq and it has been blocked and resort to violence is justified with repression from these very groups. >> reporter: the most senior official to have been killed since egypt military ousted the former president mohamed morsi two years ago. states in transition face tremendous challenges but many rights activists say the egyptian government increasingly tight grip on all sections of society may only feed more violent attacks, victoria with al jazeera. >>> the government is claiming gains against i.s.i.l. and state television says soldiers have