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dipsydoodle

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Fri Jan 24, 2014, 06:30 AM Jan 2014

Suicide car bomber kills four in Cairo, two more blasts follow

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A suicide car bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of a top security compound in central Cairo on Friday, killing at least four people in one of the most high-profile attacks on the state in months, security sources said.

The early morning explosion damaged the Cairo Security Directorate, which includes police and state security, and sent smoke rising over the capital, raising concerns that an Islamist insurgency is gathering pace.

Hours after the attack, two more blasts rocked the capital.

A crude explosive device killed one policeman and wounded nine others in another Cairo neighbourhood, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/24/uk-egypt-blast-idUKBREA0N09620140124

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