A midday bomb blast in one of the busiest boulevards in Cairo’s business district has wounded nine people, according to police.
Shortly after Monday’s explosion, a little-known group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bomb was hidden under a car parked near the High Court – the country’s highest criminal court – and went off in Cairo’s Ramses neighbourhood.
The area is very crowded, with dozens of street vendors selling their ware on stalls set up on the asphalt.
Nearby are several bus stops, a railway station and a subway station.
Egyptian private The Seventh Day TV broadcast footage of the site, showing hundreds of onlookers around cars with smashed windows and blood on the pavement.
Police cordoned off the area and state TV later reported that a second bomb was dismantled before it went off.
The Interior Ministry and the Health Ministry said there were no deaths, correcting an earlier state TV report that said one person died.
The wounded included three officers, two conscripts and four civilians.
SOURCE:PUNCH NEWS
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