Bomb injures three in Cairo

Explosives hidden in garbage wound workers early Saturday morning

A bomb hidden in a garbage can wounded three people in the Egyptian capital before dawn on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said.

The three victims, who suffered slight wounds, were employees of a cleaning service, according to spokesman Hani Abdel Latif.

The blast happened at around 4:30 am (0230 GMT).

It was unclear who was behind the attack, but militants angered by the overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi last year have claimed responsibility for previous bombings in Cairo.

Earlier on Saturday, Egyptian security officials said a roadside bomb explosion struck an army vehicle, injuring seven soldiers in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula.

The Friday blast near the city of el-Arish, near the Gaza border, came a week after a deadly attack in the same are killed 31 soldiers. Authorities declared a state of emergency and a curfew in the area.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

The army recently forcibly evacuated hundreds of Egyptian families living along the border with the Gaza Strip in order to create a buffer zone, designed to stop the smuggling of militants and weapons through underground tunnels.