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Cairo bomb attack kills one, injures four
25 Dec 2013 at 22:40hrs | Views
One person has been killed and more than four injured when a bomb exploded close to a bus in the capital, Cairo, Egyptian security officials say.
The bomb was planted on a pedestrian island and exploded as the bus passed by, a security source said.
The bombing happened on a busy street in the northern district of Nasr City.
It comes a day after the government declared the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement a terrorist organisation.
The group, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential election in 2012 before being deposed by the military earlier this year, had already been outlawed.
A Muslim Brotherhood leader in exile vowed that protests would continue.
In recent months Egypt has seen a wave of attacks which the authorities have blamed on Islamist militants.
The bomb was planted on a pedestrian island and exploded as the bus passed by, a security source said.
The bombing happened on a busy street in the northern district of Nasr City.
The group, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential election in 2012 before being deposed by the military earlier this year, had already been outlawed.
A Muslim Brotherhood leader in exile vowed that protests would continue.
In recent months Egypt has seen a wave of attacks which the authorities have blamed on Islamist militants.
Source - BBC
