Roadside bomb kills Egyptian policeman in Cairo

By Omar Thabet

CAIRO

An Egyptian policeman was killed and four others were injured by a roadside bomb explosion in southern Cairo on Sunday, according to the country's Interior Ministry.

In a statement, the ministry said the bomb went off as a vehicle belonging to the Central Security Forces carrying a group of officers and conscripts was passing in Maadi suburb.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Last month, three policemen were killed in a militant attack on a security patrol east of Cairo.

A month earlier, at least 29 people were killed in an attack claimed by Daesh terrorist group on a vehicle carrying Christian Copts in Minya, south of Cairo.

Egyptian authorities imposed a three-month state of emergency in April in the wake of two church attacks claimed by Daesh in northern Egypt, killing at least 46 people and injuring scores.

By Omar Thabet

CAIRO

An Egyptian policeman was killed and four others were injured by a roadside bomb explosion in southern Cairo on Sunday, according to the country's Interior Ministry.

In a statement, the ministry said the bomb went off as a vehicle belonging to the Central Security Forces carrying a group of officers and conscripts was passing in Maadi suburb.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Last month, three policemen were killed in a militant attack on a security patrol east of Cairo.

A month earlier, at least 29 people were killed in an attack claimed by Daesh terrorist group on a vehicle carrying Christian Copts in Minya, south of Cairo.

Egyptian authorities imposed a three-month state of emergency in April in the wake of two church attacks claimed by Daesh in northern Egypt, killing at least 46 people and injuring scores.