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Egypt violence: Five injured in Cairo bus bomb blast | Egypt violence: Five injured in Cairo bus bomb blast |
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Five people have been injured by a bomb blast close to a bus in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the health ministry has said. | Five people have been injured by a bomb blast close to a bus in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the health ministry has said. |
Earlier reports of a death have been discounted. | Earlier reports of a death have been discounted. |
The bomb was planted on a pedestrian island and exploded as the public bus passed by in the northern district of Nasr City, a security source said. | The bomb was planted on a pedestrian island and exploded as the public bus passed by in the northern district of Nasr City, a security source said. |
It comes a day after the government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation. | It comes a day after the government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation. |
A security source has told the BBC that explosive experts detonated a second bomb that was planted in an advertising board close to where the first explosion went off in Nasr City. | A security source has told the BBC that explosive experts detonated a second bomb that was planted in an advertising board close to where the first explosion went off in Nasr City. |
The Brotherhood, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential election in 2012 before being deposed by the military earlier this year, had already been outlawed. | The Brotherhood, whose candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential election in 2012 before being deposed by the military earlier this year, had already been outlawed. |
In recent months, Egypt has seen a wave of attacks which the authorities have blamed on Islamist militants. | In recent months, Egypt has seen a wave of attacks which the authorities have blamed on Islamist militants. |
On Tuesday, 16 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a car bomb attack on a security building in the northern city of Mansoura, officials say. | |
The government said the Muslim Brotherhood was behind the attack - a charge the movement denied. | |
An al-Qaeda-inspired militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem) claimed responsibility. |