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Huge bomb rocks centre of Cairo | Huge bomb rocks centre of Cairo |
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A huge car bomb rocked the centre of Cairo early on Friday morning, killing three people and injuring 40. | |
The bomb went off at Cairo's security headquarters on Port Said | The bomb went off at Cairo's security headquarters on Port Said |
street, Egypt's interior ministry confirmed to the Guardian. | |
"It was a car bomb," interior ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Latif told AFP. | |
Police and health ministry sources said that three people were killed and up to 40 wounded. | |
State television quoted witnesses as saying gunmen opened fire on buildings | State television quoted witnesses as saying gunmen opened fire on buildings |
after the blast and that at least three people had been killed. | |
The blast was | The blast was |
heard from several miles away in all directions, sending a large plume of smoke across the city and leaving a large crater outside the building. | |
The blast destroyed a metal gate outside the multi-storey building | |
and badly damaged its facade as well as that of a nearby Islamic museum. | |
Riot police pushed back hundreds of onlookers, some of whom chanted slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood. | |
The explosion came on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the | The explosion came on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the |
2011 uprising that toppled Egypt's longtime autocratic ruler Hosni | 2011 uprising that toppled Egypt's longtime autocratic ruler Hosni |
Mubarak. | Mubarak. |
A Muslim Brotherhood-led coalition plans protests after Friday prayers | A Muslim Brotherhood-led coalition plans protests after Friday prayers |
across the country as part of their near-daily demonstrations against | across the country as part of their near-daily demonstrations against |
the July overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and the recent | the July overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and the recent |
vote on the country's rewritten constitution. | vote on the country's rewritten constitution. |
The state TV aired footage showing several wrecked and charred floors of | The state TV aired footage showing several wrecked and charred floors of |
the high-rise security building with the pavement outside littered with | the high-rise security building with the pavement outside littered with |
shuttered glass, pieces of bricks and rocks. | shuttered glass, pieces of bricks and rocks. |