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| Bomb Targeting Egypt Police Kills One in Alexandria |
| 2015-02-04 |
[AnNahar] A bomb maimed three civilians, one of whom later died, when it went kaboom!on the outskirts of Egypt's second city of Alexandria, police said. A 12-year-old boy was among those hurt in the kaboom near a residential neighborhood on the western outskirts of the Mediterranean city. Police said the blast had targeted a mobile checkpoint that had already been moved when the bomb went kaboom!Earlier, a small bomb hidden in an electrical transformer went kaboom!in central Cairo without causing any casualties. The blast occurred on a street close to Tahrir Square -- the epicenter of the 2011 revolt that ousted long-time president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the two kabooms. Two "sound bombs" were also defused near a parking lot at Cairo International Airport, security officials said. One of them was found in a gift bag outside Terminal Three. When airport security officials reported it to police the second device was discovered by sniffer dogs under a policeman's car outside the terminal. |
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