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| Deadly blast hits tour bus near Giza pyramids in Egypt | Deadly blast hits tour bus near Giza pyramids in Egypt |
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| A roadside blast has killed two Vietnamese tourists and injured 12 other people on a bus near the Giza pyramids in Egypt, the Egyptian ministry of interior says. | A roadside blast has killed two Vietnamese tourists and injured 12 other people on a bus near the Giza pyramids in Egypt, the Egyptian ministry of interior says. |
| A bomb hidden beside a wall went off as the bus carrying 14 Vietnamese tourists was passing, it adds. | A bomb hidden beside a wall went off as the bus carrying 14 Vietnamese tourists was passing, it adds. |
| Two Egyptians, including the bus driver, are among the injured, according to the ministry. | Two Egyptians, including the bus driver, are among the injured, according to the ministry. |
| Tourism has long been a mainstay of the country's economy. | |
| Militants have targeted foreign visitors in the past, with two German tourists stabbed to death at a hotel in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada last year. | |
| What do we know of Friday's attack? | |
| The bomb went off at about 18:15 (16:45 GMT) on Maryoutiya Street in Giza's Haram district, the interior ministry says. | |
| Security forces rushed to the scene in response. |