News

Makeshift Bomb Wounds 3 Near Cairo Courthouse

Makeshift Bomb Wounds 3 Near Cairo Courthouse

Heavy security presence around Cairo Courthouse following past bombings. Source: AAP (Archive photo)
Heavy security presence around Cairo Courthouse following past bombings. Source: AAP (Archive photo)

Following a series of bombings that have been echoing through Egypt, a makeshift bomb has exploded in the premises of the Cairo Courthouse in Heliopolis on Monday wounding three, including two policemen, security forces said.

In an official statement, General Gamal Halawa, director of the general civil protection administration in Cairo, said that bomb disposal experts have defused another explosive device found in a black bag which was planted under a traffic sentry opposite the courthouse.

Monday’s bombing is the third to occur at the same spot during 2014-2015. On May 20, 2014, Abdullah Mohamed, a policeman died when a similar bomb went off near the traffic sentry, followed by a bombing on March 10, 2015 which wounded one citizen.

Despite the Egyptian authorities’ pledge to end the militant violence spreading through Egypt, especially in Cairo and North Sinai, often referred to ISIS and its affiliate groups, bombings have nonetheless continued to be recurrent.

On June 29, a day before the second anniversary of the nationwide protests that led to the fall of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, was assassinated using a car bomb.

Another car bomb which detonated on July 11 in front of the Italian Consulate in Cairo took the life of one citizen and left the consulate building defaced.

19-Year-Old Ahmed Akram Makes History For Egypt At World Swimming Championships
Egypt Heatwave Kills 21 People

Subscribe to our newsletter


News

More in News

Bridging Egyptian Artists and the World: ‘Forever is Now’ Exhibition Returns at the Pyramids

Egyptian Streets22 September 2023

Egyptian Minister of Environment to Co-Chair COP28 Negotiations on Climate Finance

Muhammed Kotb21 September 2023

Sunken Sanctuary of Aphrodite and Temple of Amun Discovered in Egypt

Shereif Barakat20 September 2023

Egypt’s New Capital Plans to Sell 10% of its Shares

Egyptian Streets19 September 2023

El Gouna Film Festival Shares Details for Sixth Edition

Heidi Aref19 September 2023

9 Egyptian Military Personnel Killed, Injured in Truck Accident

Marina Makary19 September 2023

Heliopolis Synagogue Holds Cairo’s First Jewish New Year Celebration in 70 Years

Farah Rafik16 September 2023

Egypt Provides Aid to Libya, Morocco, Amidst Ongoing Search and Rescue Efforts

Egyptian Streets15 September 2023