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Four explosions strike Egypt’s South Sinai and Cairo

May 2, 2014
An Egyptian policeman stands guard next to wreckage of a bus that was targeted the day before by a bomb in the Egyptian south Sinai resort town of Taba on February 17, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/NAMEER GALAL)

At least five have been killed and 12 injured in three different explosions across South Sinai and Cairo on Friday morning, reported state and local media. In the first attack, a suicide bomber killed himself and a policeman and wounded five others at a checkpoint in El-Tur in Egypt’s South Sinai. A second attack, near the first and on the road between El-Tur and the popular tourist destination of Sharm El-Sheikh, killed one and wounded at least four. The attack targeted a bus transporting tourism industry workers, reported the Ministry of Health. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Hx4VGluHM] The third attack, which was confirmed by state media, occurred outside a court in Masr El-Gedeeda* (Heliopolis) in Cairo,  killing at least one police officer and injuring three according to health officials. The man killed in Cairo has been identified as Corporal Abdallah Mohamed Abdallah from the Nozha General Traffic Department. Security forces have heightened security in the South Sinai in expectation of any further attacks. Fourth explosion In the late hours of Friday, a fourth bomb struck down-town Cairo, killing at least one and injuring several civilians. The blast occurred outside Ramsis subway station and the Engineers Syndicate. According…


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