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04-30-2005, 09:30 AM
One dead, four tourists, including 2 Israelis, hurt in Cairo bombing
By News Agencies
Four foreigners -- two Israelis, a Russian and an Italian woman -- were injured when a bomb was thrown from a bridge to the street below not far from a 5-star hotel and the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo.
One man of Arab descent was killed in the attack.
Remains of a body, covered with newspapers, were seen beneath a bridge a few minutes after the 3:15 p.m. (1215 GMT) explosion was heard through downtown Cairo.
Initially, police said they believed a car had exploded, but no vehicle debris could be seen in the area. A senior policeman on the scene, who would not give his name, said a bomb was thrown from the bridge above to the street below. Some witnesses at the scene gave similar accounts.
"I saw very loud explosion after what looked like a man throwing a bomb down from the bridge," said Mohammed Hasan Mohammed, 45.
He said he saw two injured Westerners being taken away for medical treatment.
Two rings of tape cordoned off the area where the body lay. Investigators uncovered the body and knelt to inspect it.
Scores of heavily armed police, including riot officers in helmets and carrying submachine guns, kept away the crowds who gathered to watch, standing on benches and potted plants to get a view.
In a sign of the tension and uncertainty, police singled out a few youth to inspect the bags they were carrying.
The blast, about 100 meters (yards) from the back of the Egyptian Museum, not far from a 5-star hotel, is the second apparent bomb attack in the vicinity of major Cairo tourist attractions in less than a month.
On April 7, a suicide bomber killed two French citizens, an American and himself when he detonated a homemade bomb near the Khan al-Khalili market on April 7.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/570569.html
By News Agencies
Four foreigners -- two Israelis, a Russian and an Italian woman -- were injured when a bomb was thrown from a bridge to the street below not far from a 5-star hotel and the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo.
One man of Arab descent was killed in the attack.
Remains of a body, covered with newspapers, were seen beneath a bridge a few minutes after the 3:15 p.m. (1215 GMT) explosion was heard through downtown Cairo.
Initially, police said they believed a car had exploded, but no vehicle debris could be seen in the area. A senior policeman on the scene, who would not give his name, said a bomb was thrown from the bridge above to the street below. Some witnesses at the scene gave similar accounts.
"I saw very loud explosion after what looked like a man throwing a bomb down from the bridge," said Mohammed Hasan Mohammed, 45.
He said he saw two injured Westerners being taken away for medical treatment.
Two rings of tape cordoned off the area where the body lay. Investigators uncovered the body and knelt to inspect it.
Scores of heavily armed police, including riot officers in helmets and carrying submachine guns, kept away the crowds who gathered to watch, standing on benches and potted plants to get a view.
In a sign of the tension and uncertainty, police singled out a few youth to inspect the bags they were carrying.
The blast, about 100 meters (yards) from the back of the Egyptian Museum, not far from a 5-star hotel, is the second apparent bomb attack in the vicinity of major Cairo tourist attractions in less than a month.
On April 7, a suicide bomber killed two French citizens, an American and himself when he detonated a homemade bomb near the Khan al-Khalili market on April 7.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/570569.html