Explosion in Egyptian capital Cairo injures 3
Bomb apparently targeted police convoy, damaging two vehicles; authorities say one suspect under arrest
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File: Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a June 29, 2015 bombing in Cairo that killed Egypt’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists. (AP/Eman Helal, File)
CAIRO — Egypt’s state-run news agency says three civilians were injured in an explosion in a populated neighborhood in Cairo, the capital.
The Mena news agency says the explosive device, which was placed in a street in the Feisal neighborhood, was detonated late Wednesday while a police convoy was passing by.
The news agency says authorities have arrested one suspect in the explosion, which also damaged two police vehicles.
Egyptian authorities have been battling an Islamic insurgency in northern Sinai which has also spilled over into mainland Egypt, with a series of high-profile assassinations and bombings taking place in Cairo in recent months.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.
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