{"id":46539,"date":"2014-01-24T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T11:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=46539"},"modified":"2014-01-24T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T11:40:14","slug":"egypt-blastmuslim-brotherhood-began-on-terror-in-egypt-5-killed-breaking-news-46539","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/egypt-blastmuslim-brotherhood-began-on-terror-in-egypt-5-killed-breaking-news-46539\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Blast:Muslim Brotherhood began on terror in Egypt 5 killed \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Muslim Brotherhood organization in underground acts of terror began again, Third blast in Cairo 5 people kill.<\/h1>\n

The bombings came on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the 2011 uprising that toppled Egypt’s ruler Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n

Three blasts hit Cairo on Friday, targeting police HQ, a metro station and a police station. They apparent string of militant attacks claimed at least five people and injured scores of others.<\/p>\n

The latest explosion was reported near a police station in the suburbs of the Egyptian capital. The explosion, in the west Cairo Talebiya district on the main road leading to the Giza pyramids, caused no fatalities.<\/p>\n

Minutes earlier a blast killed at least one person and injured 15 near the Behooth subway station. State TV reported that it was caused by a crude explosive device.<\/p>\n

But a conflicting report said the blast happened in a drive-by attack on security vehicles, in which the attacker threw a hand grenade.<\/p>\n

The early morning blast on the police headquarters in Cairo was the highest profile attack on security forces in months. It was carried out by a suicide bomber in an explosive-laden car, which detonated in front of the building.<\/p>\n

The Friday morning explosion at the Cairo Security Directorate left four people dead and injured 73 others, according to the Health Ministry.<\/p>\n

Pictures from the scene show damaged fronts of several buildings in Port Said street, including the police headquarters and the famous Museum of Islamic Art..<\/p>\n

Witnesses reported injured people being dragged out of the damaged building and transferred into ambulances.<\/p>\n

The body of the suspected suicide bomber, who apparently drove the car to the building, was found.<\/p>\n

The blast was powerful enough to be heard from kilometers away in all directions. It also sent a large plume of black smoke into the sky.<\/p>\n

“Casualties were relatively small given the size of the blast,”<\/em>\u00a0said Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Latif.<\/p>\n

There were also reports of machine gun fire in the area following the explosion, indicating a likely militant attack. Witnesses said they saw gunmen on motorbikes shooting at the police HQ just after the bomb went off.<\/p>\n

Egyptian state TV showed a crowd standing in front of the HQ building in the wake of the blast, chanting\u00a0\u201cpeople demand the execution of the Muslim Brotherhood.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Egyptian security troops and army soldiers have been facing regular militant attacks since July 2013, when a military coup deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.<\/p>\n

There have been at least three bomb attacks in the last weeks in the country, including a suicide coming at a police compound in Mansoura, north of Cairo, which killed 15 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know who is behind these bombings, but it seems likely that they are part of a pattern of bombings carried out by jihadist militants with links to the war, which is raging in the Sinai. And the message to the Egyptian government is: \u2018We do not accept your constitution, we do not accept your government, we see them as traitors and we want to bring the whole house crashing down,\u2019\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Cairo-based journalist Hugh Miles told RT.<\/p>\n

The attack on police HQ on Friday and the second blast come less than a week after Egyptians approved a new constitution, despite a vote boycott by Morsi\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood, which was outlawed after the coup.<\/p>\n

The Brotherhood was planning a massive protest after Friday prayers across the country, the largest in a series of similar events.<\/p>\n

The bombings raise new concerns over security during the upcoming anniversary celebrations of the 2011 revolution, which ousted Egypt\u2019s long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak. The Interior Ministry pledged to protect the Saturday celebration.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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