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| Egypt crisis: Bomb 'targets' Minister Mohammed Ibrahim | Egypt crisis: Bomb 'targets' Minister Mohammed Ibrahim |
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| A car bomb has targeted the convoy of Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim but failed to harm the politician, the security forces say. | A car bomb has targeted the convoy of Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim but failed to harm the politician, the security forces say. |
| At least four people were reported injured in the blast, which media reports call an assassination attempt. | At least four people were reported injured in the blast, which media reports call an assassination attempt. |
| State-run al-Ahram paper said the minister's convoy was targeted as it travelled through Nasr City. | State-run al-Ahram paper said the minister's convoy was targeted as it travelled through Nasr City. |
| Nasr City is a stronghold of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group, but there is no word on who was involved. | Nasr City is a stronghold of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group, but there is no word on who was involved. |
| The explosion took place at around 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT) near Mr Ibrahim's home. | The explosion took place at around 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT) near Mr Ibrahim's home. |
| Quoting security sources, state-run Mena news agency said a booby-trapped car exploded in Mustafa al-Nahas street, Nasr City district, as the minister was en route from his home to the ministry. | Quoting security sources, state-run Mena news agency said a booby-trapped car exploded in Mustafa al-Nahas street, Nasr City district, as the minister was en route from his home to the ministry. |
| Pictures uploaded to the internet by witnesses showed substantial damage to a building next to the blast. | |
| Egyptian police have reportedly killed two of the attackers, security sources told Reuters news agency. | |
| The interior minister is in charge of the country's police force, which alongside security forces, carried out a deadly security crack down in the capital last month, clearing two protest camps set up by Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. | The interior minister is in charge of the country's police force, which alongside security forces, carried out a deadly security crack down in the capital last month, clearing two protest camps set up by Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. |
| Nasr City was the site of the larger of the two protest camps based outside Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, which was dismantled in the security operation on 14 August. | |
| The BBC's Bethany Bell says there has been a lot of Muslim Brotherhood activity in the area over the last couple of weeks. |