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| Egypt explosion hits Italian consulate in Cairo | |
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| A large explosion has hit the Italian consulate in Egypt's capital, Cairo. | |
| An official has told the state-run news agency Mena that the blast was caused by a car bomb. No group has yet said it carried out the attack. | |
| The explosion on Saturday morning has wounded five people, including two police officers, medics at the scene told AFP news agency. | |
| Egypt's public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, was killed last month by a car bomb attack in the city. | |
| In the same month, another car bomb targeting a police station left three people dead. | |
| Egyptian security forces have been battling Islamic militants, but the fighting has been mostly confined to the Sinai Peninsula. | |
| Militants in Egypt have killed at least 600 police and armed forces personnel in the past two years. |