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'Five killed' near Coptic church in Cairo Cairo Coptic cathedral blast 'kills five'
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Explosion near Coptic Cathedral in Cairo kills at least five people, Egyptian officials say An explosion near Cairo's Coptic cathedral has killed five people, Egyptian officials said.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The explosion happened at around 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT). At least 10 people have been injured and taken to hospital by ambulance.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Local media reported that Cairo's security chief, Khalid Abdel Aal, arrived to inspect the scene. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.
Egypt's Coptic Christians make up about 10% of the country's population.
St Mark's Cathedral is the headquarters of the country's Orthodox church, and the home of its leader, Pope Tawadros II.
Video footage from outside the cathedral appeared to show damage to its exterior roof on one side facing the street.
On Saturday, six policemen were killed when a bomb exploded on a main road leading to the pyramids at Giza.
Two people were killed outside St Mark's cathedral in 2013, when people mourning the death of four Coptic Christians killed in religious violence clashed with local residents.