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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.
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.
Source - BBC
