Explosion Leaves 10 People Injured in Cairo

Published May 20th, 2019 - 07:03 GMT
A bomb blast hit a tourist bus wounding at least 17 people, including South Africans, in the latest blow to the country's tourism industry. (AFP/ File)
A bomb blast hit a tourist bus wounding at least 17 people, including South Africans, in the latest blow to the country's tourism industry. (AFP/ File)
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Several people were injured in a blast targeting a tourist bus in Egypt.

Several people were injured on Sunday in a blast targeting a tourist bus in the Egyptian capital Cairo, an emergency official said.

At least 10 people, including foreign tourists, were injured in the attack near the Grand Museum, local media quoted a medical source as saying.

The Interior and Health ministries have yet to comment on the incident.

Last December, a similar explosion targeted a tourist bus near the Pyramids area, west of Cairo.

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