Cairo : At least 29 people, including six policemen, were injured when group linked to the dreaded Islamic State millitants carried out a powerful car bomb attack near a key police building in the Egyptian capital, officials said.
The powerful blast rocked the popular Shubra el-Kheima neighbourhood in northern Shubra district in the middle of the night. Most of the injured suffered minor injuries, a doctor told the state news agency.
The explosion was caused by a car bomb and was heard by many people from different areas in Cairo and Giza.
The interior ministry said in a statement that a car exploded after it’s driver suddenly stopped in front of the state security building, exited the car and fled on a motorbike that was following the car. The explosion caused a huge damage to the facade of the security building and at least 20 buildings and vehicles in the surrounding area.
About 25 ambulances and security forces rushed to the place of the explosion which was reported by the Egyptian TV.
The Sinai Province, an Islamic State affiliate group in Egypt claimed responsibility for the attack, according to media reports.
The militant group has regularly attacked security forces since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
