One person was killed and four injured in a big explosion outside the Italian consulate in downtown Cairo, according to health ministry spokesman, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar.
The explosion partially destroyed the facade of the Italian consulate building, photos from the scene showed. It was caused by a car bomb, according to Al Arabiya.
Egypt has seen a number of bomb attacks over the past months.
صورة أخرى لآثار الدمار pic.twitter.com/JVFXPFWNuV
حشود في موقع الحادث والشارع غارق بالماء بعد تسبب الانفجار في كسر ماسورة مياه بالمبنى pic.twitter.com/mbIQWagjag
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast at the Italian consulate.
The Egyptian military-imposed government is fighting against Islamist groups after a 2013 coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The violence is mostly localized in the turbulent Sinai Peninsula, but bombings and attacks on security checkpoints occasionally happen in other parts of the country.
الصور الأولية التي توضح قوة الإنفجار الذي استهدف السفاره الإيطالية في العاصمة المصرية القاهرة .
At least four journalists have been detained by Egyptian police at the scene of the explosion. http://rt.com/news/273082-egypt-blast-cairo-blast/
police keeps asking us why we were here and how we could get here so fast. in meantime egyptian journalists are still allowed to walk arnd
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