Downtown blast injures 14, two more bombs rock Arish

Government officials have confirmed on Tuesday night, that a car bomb that exploded in Ramses street in front of the Supreme Court building has injured 14 people who were taken to nearby hospitals.

Mohamed Sultan, the head of the emergency department in the ministry of health said in a phone interview to ONtv on Wednesday morning that the three critical cases have been operated on and are now stable. The serious injuries included shrapnel injuries in the abdomen and the head. Sultan added that nine of the injured have been released from the hospital.

The blast took place near Gamal Abdel Nasser metro station, but hasn’t affected metro activity.

Unknown assailants have also bombed a gas station in Arish in North Sinai, which carries exported gas to Jordan, on Tuesday night. This is the 25th time that the gas line has been targeted since 2011. After the regular attacks stopped for several months, they returned again last August.

Later on Tuesday night, another bombing took place in Arish, near the airport and close to a security checkpoint.

Dozens of bombings have taken place across Egypt since the removal of former President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. The Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdes has claimed responsibility for most of the terrorist attacks that occurred throughout the last year. However, no groups have yet claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s bombings.