| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa North |
| Egypt's Minister Mohammed Ibrahim survives bomb attack |
| 2013-09-05 |
| [BBC.CO.UK] Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim has survived a kaboom that targeted his convoy in Cairo. Hours later, he appeared unharmed on state TV to denounce the attack as a "cowardly liquidation bid". Security guards and a child were among the injured in the attack, which took place near his home in Nasr City. No-one has yet grabbed credit for the attack. Moslem Brüderbund leader Amr Darrag said the group "strongly condemned" what happened. Mr Ibrahim heads the police force, which has carried out a crackdown on Moslem Brüderbund protests in recent weeks. Nasr City is a stronghold of the Islamist Moslem Brüderbund group. 'Foiled murder bid' The kaboom took place at about 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT) as Mr Ibrahim was being driven from his home to work. The minister told state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? that his convoy was targeted by a "large" bomb that might have been detonated by remote control. Two coppers in the convoy were in a serious condition, he added, and a child had suffered a serious leg wound. There were conflicting reports over the source of the kaboom, with state-run Mena news agency saying a booby-trapped car had detonated as the minister's convoy passed by. State TV, however, said an bomb was thrown at the convoy from the top of a nearby building just after it left his place of residence. Pictures uploaded to the internet by witnesses showed substantial damage to a building next to the blast. One passer-by said the kaboom could be "heard from afar". "As you can see, cars from the minister's convoy were destroyed and his security people took him to an armoured vehicle that transported him back to his house," he said. The Egyptian interior ministry said an attempt to assassinate the interior minister by "terrorist groups" had been foiled, adding that his guards had confronted and killed two of the attackers. "We are back to the terrorism of the 1980s," a ministry statement read. An investigation team has moved to the scene of the incident, it added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Fred's stuff usually makes me set down the coffee, unplug the keyboard, and take a slow walk. Above was likely the residue of being ironic and listening to 60's hippy music channel. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-09-05 20:07 |
| #4 OP! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-05 18:53 |
| #3 "We strongly condemn the FAILURE of this attempt." They'd be much happier if it had succeeded. All members of the Muzzie bruderbund should be hanged from bridges over the Suez Canal, and everyone transiting the canal given large sticks to beat the bodies with. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2013-09-05 17:58 |
| #2 :) Fred worthy sw |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-05 17:37 |
| #1 "We strongly condemn the failed attempt." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-09-05 12:03 |