Bomb kills Egyptian police officer - state TV

Wednesday 23-04-2014 09:58 AM
Bomb kills Egyptian police officer - state TV

People walk near debris after an explosion near the Building of the Directorate of Security in the Egyptian Nile Delta town of Dakahlyia, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Cairo December 24, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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CAIRO, April 23 (Reuters) - A senior Egyptian police officer was killed when a bomb exploded under his car outside his home near Cairo on Wednesday, state television and a security source said.

Brigadier-General Ahmed Zaki was killed in the explosion in 6th of October City, 32 km (20 miles) from the capital, the state-run Nile news TV station reported.

Bombings and shootings targeting the police have become commonplace in Egypt since the army deposed president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood last July.

Egypt holds a presidential election in late May which former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win. Sisi, who deposed Mursi following mass protests against his rule, has vowed to crush the militant threat. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Janet Lawrence; Editing by Michael Georgy)

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