Explosion near youth sports center in Giza kills 2
An explosion near a youth center in Nahia, Giza, left two dead on Thursday morning.
There has been conflicting speculation as to the involvement of the deceased in the explosion. State-owned EgyNews indicated they may have used the sports facility to manufacture the device, but privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said they were working at the center, and that one was a guard and the other was an employee responsible for catering.
Bomb squad and civil protection forces headed to the site of the explosion to search for other devices.
Al-Masry Al-Youm reported that a homemade bomb exploded earlier on Thursday in the Cairo district of Imbaba with no casualties.
In the last few months, there have been increasing numbers of explosions in civilian areas, such as fast food chains, shopping malls, train and metro stations and phone network outlets.
At least one person was killed and seven others injured last month in wave of bombings in Cairo and Giza. The attacks targeted a pizzeria, a Vodafone outlet, and two Etisalat phone stores in Mohandiseen.
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