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Cairo’s suicide bomber killed two policemen, injured others

Tuesday 19/February/2019 - 10:21 AM
The Reference
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A suicide bomber blew himself up Monday in Cairo’s downtown Darb Al-Ahmar area, killing at least two policemen and injuring others.

According to an interior ministry statement, the terrorist, aged 37, blew himself up behind Al-Azhar Mosque after police and state security personnel chased him.

The explosion killed the terrorist, a state security member and a policeman from a Cairo investigative unit.

The ministry said that investigations conducted after a bomb was found in the yard of Al-Istiqama Mosque in Giza governorate last Friday identified and located the terrorist, named El-Hassan Abdullah.

Police personnel came close to arresting him before an explosive device he carried went off.

Upon later inspection, security forces found a time bomb at Abdullah's apartment, which prompted the whole building to be evacuated
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