Eight injured as blast targets Egypt’s police building

Cairo: At least eight people were injured in Egypt in a blast early Thursday that targeted a police building, media reported. A car bomb explosion caused damages to the front of the police building in Qalioubiya province near the capital city of Cairo, Xinhua news agency quoted a local TV reporter as saying. Policemen were among those wounded in the explosion. Eyewitnesses said the blast affected some of the surrounding buildings including a school.