Bomb blast targets Cairo security building, injures 29
A massive car bomb blast has injured 29 people, including six policemen, in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo, the country’s Interior Ministry says.
According to the ministry, the blast targeted a state security building in Cairo’s Shubra al-Khaima district in the middle of the night.
“A man suddenly stopped his car in front of the state security building, jumped out of it and fled on a motorbike that followed the car,” read the ministry statement.
Another unidentified source also told AFP that “the explosion partially destroyed the building.”
Meanwhile, the Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman announced that 29 people, including six police forces, were injured in the explosion.
“One policemen suffered moderate injuries and the rest (of those hurt) had minor injuries,” Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
In a statement posted on Twitter, the Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying its members “managed to target a police building by a car bomb in the heart of Cairo.”
Some media outlets also reported a separate blast in central Giza Province.
Back on July 11, another bomb attack carried out by Daesh terrorists claimed the life of a passer-by in front of the Italian Consulate in Cairo.
Since July 2013, the Velayat Sinai militant group, a Daesh affiliate, has been carrying out terrorist attacks in Egypt’s restive region of North Sinai, killing members of the country’s security forces.
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