Post by cenydd on Sept 5, 2013 12:17:37 GMT
Egypt’s interior minister today survived an explosion which targeted his convoy in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, according to security officials and state television.
The officials said it was not clear whether the late morning explosion aimed at Mohammed Ibrahim was caused by a suicide car bombing or an explosives-filled car detonated remotely.
There have been conflicting accounts of the incident, with state television saying that an explosive device was thrown from the rooftop of a high-rise apartment building near Mr Ibrahim’s residence.
The device detonated near the convoy of the minister, who heads up the country’s police force, shortly after it left the residence.
Television media reported that several people near the explosion were injured but nobody was killed. Police are searching the area for suspects but no arrests have yet been made.
The officials said it was not clear whether the late morning explosion aimed at Mohammed Ibrahim was caused by a suicide car bombing or an explosives-filled car detonated remotely.
There have been conflicting accounts of the incident, with state television saying that an explosive device was thrown from the rooftop of a high-rise apartment building near Mr Ibrahim’s residence.
The device detonated near the convoy of the minister, who heads up the country’s police force, shortly after it left the residence.
Television media reported that several people near the explosion were injured but nobody was killed. Police are searching the area for suspects but no arrests have yet been made.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egyptian-interior-minister-mohammed-ibrahim-survives-car-bombing-in-cairo-8799689.html
This is obviously a serious incident, and highlights the continuing problems in Egypt, demonstrating once again that the path to democracy is not likely to be a smooth one in any country that has no real history of it.