Bomb Kills Three Policemen, Including Witness Against Mursi

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
21 September 2014
Tags:
Egypt, International Terrorism

A bomb blast beside Egypt's foreign ministry killed three policemen on Sunday, including a key witness in a trial of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. The blast, the worst attack in Cairo for months, killed two police lieutenant colonels and a recruit, according to the foreign ministry. Ajnad Misr, the Islamist militant group that carried out the last significant attack in Cairo, claimed responsibility for the blast in a statement posted on their official Twitter account.



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