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Egyptian interior minister survives car bomb attack | Egyptian interior minister survives car bomb attack |
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Egypt's interior minister, Mohammed Ibrahim, has survived a car bomb attack on his convoy as it travelled through the Nasr City district in Cairo. | |
Security officials are not yet clear whether the explosion on Thursday morning was caused by a suicide car bombing or an explosives-laden car detonated by remote control. | Security officials are not yet clear whether the explosion on Thursday morning was caused by a suicide car bombing or an explosives-laden car detonated by remote control. |
Ibrahim is in charge of the country's police force. | |
Nasr City is a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi hails. It was also the site of a sit-in protest by his supporters that was stormed by police on 14 August, killing hundreds. | Nasr City is a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi hails. It was also the site of a sit-in protest by his supporters that was stormed by police on 14 August, killing hundreds. |
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