Police officer dies of injuries sustained in east Cairo blast - Interior Ministry

Friday 13-02-2015 03:33 PM
Police officer dies of injuries sustained in east Cairo blast - Interior Ministry

A damaged car is seen after an explosion near a security building in the Egyptian Nile Delta city of Mansoura in Dakahlyia province, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Cairo December 24, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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CAIRO, Feb 13 (Aswat Masriya) - A police officer died of injuries sustained earlier on Friday when an improvised explosive device exploded in Cairo's Ain Shams district, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The Health Ministry had said that nine police personnel and a civilian were injured in the blast, state-run MENA reported.

Attacks targeting security forces surged in Egypt, particularly in Sinai, since the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013, following mass protests against his rule.

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