Bomb blast in Cairo kills police officer -Egyptian state media

Friday 18-04-2014 11:13 PM
Bomb blast in Cairo kills police officer -Egyptian state media

A masked student who is supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Mursi throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police and residents during clashes outside Cairo University March 26, 2014.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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CAIRO, April 18 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a Cairo square late on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding another, the Egyptian state newspaper Al Ahram reported on its website.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Since the army toppled Egypt's first freely-elected president, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, in July, Islamist militants have stepped up attacks on members of the security forces, killing hundreds. On Tuesday, two bomb attacks wounded three policemen in central Cairo.

(Reporting by Asma Alsharif, editing by Mark Heinrich)

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