Cairo Bomb Blast

Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by the public prosecutor's office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam and an Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded.

A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.

The ISIS group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday.

The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.

Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.

Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device.

A small bomb blast in a busy western district of the Egyptian capital wounded a policeman and a passerby on Sunday, a police official said.

A blast rocked the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, but officials could not immediately confirm if the explosion in front of a police building had caused any casualties.

A roadside bomb blast wounded 20 Egyptian policemen today as they travelled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces, officials said.

A policeman was killed and three others wounded when a bomb exploded on a bridge leading to the upscale Cairo district of Zamalek on Sunday, security sources said, the second bombing targeting police in the Egyptian capital in as many days.

Two bombs exploded in Cairo's residential Imbaba district today, causing no casualties, Egypt's state-run Al Ahram newspaper said on its website.

Two people were killed today when assailants threw a bomb at the entrance of a youth leisure centre on the outskirts of Cairo, Egyptian police said.

Two people were killed after a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo on Monday, the health ministry said, extending a series of such attacks in the Egyptian capital.

One person was killed in a bomb explosion outside a pizzeria in the Egyptian capital today, after three other blasts hit offices of cell phone companies, a health official said.

A bomb blast targeting a police checkpoint today killed one civilian and wounded two others, including a 12-year-old boy, near Egypt's second city of Alexandria, police said.

Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by the public prosecutor's office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam and an Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded.

A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.

The ISIS group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday.

The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.

Three Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Sinai today, the second such attack in 48 hours in the peninsula where Islamic State terrorists are waging an insurgency.

Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device.

A small bomb blast in a busy western district of the Egyptian capital wounded a policeman and a passerby on Sunday, a police official said.

A blast rocked the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, but officials could not immediately confirm if the explosion in front of a police building had caused any casualties.

A roadside bomb blast wounded 20 Egyptian policemen today as they travelled in a bus in northern Sinai where militants have launched deadly attacks against security forces, officials said.

A policeman was killed and three others wounded when a bomb exploded on a bridge leading to the upscale Cairo district of Zamalek on Sunday, security sources said, the second bombing targeting police in the Egyptian capital in as many days.

Two bombs exploded in Cairo's residential Imbaba district today, causing no casualties, Egypt's state-run Al Ahram newspaper said on its website.

Two people were killed today when assailants threw a bomb at the entrance of a youth leisure centre on the outskirts of Cairo, Egyptian police said.

Two people were killed after a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo on Monday, the health ministry said, extending a series of such attacks in the Egyptian capital.

One person was killed in a bomb explosion outside a pizzeria in the Egyptian capital today, after three other blasts hit offices of cell phone companies, a health official said.

A bomb blast targeting a police checkpoint today killed one civilian and wounded two others, including a 12-year-old boy, near Egypt's second city of Alexandria, police said.