Cairo: Four makeshift bombs exploded within minutes of each other at three Cairo metro stations during morning rush hour on today, wounding at least four people, police and health officials said.
Militants have stepped up attacks in Egypt, mostly against security forces, since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 and the authorities launched a deadly crackdown on his supporters.
Four people were hurt in the explosions, senior health ministry official Ahmed al-Ansari told AFP.
The attacks come nearly a month after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who led Morsi’s ouster, was elected president.
Much of the violence is focused in the north of the mainly desert Sinai Peninsula, but militants have extended their reach to Cairo and the Nile Delta, carrying out a series of high-profile assaults in the heart of the capital.
A little-known jihadist group, Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt), has also claimed a string of attacks on police in Cairo. The government says the militants have killed about 500 people, most of them security personnel, in the attacks.
Bureau Report
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