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Ministry of Interior: Vehicle Behind Cairo Blast Packed with Explosives

August 5, 2019

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has revealed that the vehicle which caused a large explosion in the surroundings of the Cairo Cancer Institute was packed with explosives. A blast caused by the car collision on midnight Monday in front of the NCI building in Manial neighborhood killed 20 people and injured 47 others, with many victims still in critical condition as per the Ministry of Health. Severe damage was also caused to the facilities inside the Institute. The vehicle itself had been stolen from Menoufiyah, a governate north of Cairo, months prior to the incident and was en route to carry out a terrorist attack said the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry has also stated that Hasm, a terrorist group, was behind the attack. Hasm, an Islamist militant group named Harakat Sawa’d Masr (the Arms of Egypt movement) commonly know as Hasm, has been active in the country since 2016. It has taken responsibility, over the years, for attacks specifically targeting security forces. In  a statement, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi sent his condolences and wished for recovery of the injured victims of the attack on his official Facebook page….


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