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Egyptian security forces and forensic experts work at the site of a bomb attack near a checkpoint outside the foreign ministry headquarters in central Cairo on September 21, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
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Forensic workers and policemen carry out investigations at the scene of a bomb blast in Cairo, September 21, 2014. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)
Bomb kills two policemen near Egypt’s Foreign Ministry
Cairo, Reuters—A bomb blast near Egypt’s Foreign Ministry killed two police officers and wounded several others on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said, in the most serious attack in Cairo in almost three months. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for...Caption:
Egyptian military policemen stand guard before the Africa Cup of Nations group G qualifying soccer match between Egypt and Tunisia in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Egypt
El-Arish, Egypt AP—A powerful explosion killed five Egyptian police conscripts and an officer near the border town of Rafah in the restive Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a local Al-Qaeda-inspired group, Egyptian security...Caption:
Shadi Al-Menei (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Egypt: Terrorist group denies death of leader at hands of security forces
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Extremist Islamist group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis has denied reports that one of its leading figures, Shadi Al-Menei has been killed in a military operation in Sinai. The group released a statement on a jihadist website on Sunday, together with what...Caption:
Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Egypt intensified efforts to secure the release of seven security personnel captured in the Sinai. (AFP PHOTO / STR)