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Powerful Explosion Hits Cairo Police HQ - More Explosions Follow

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A powerful explosion hit the city's police headquarters, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others, Egyptian authorities said. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.

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Timing, power of blast at Cairo police HQ raises fears
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"A plume of black smoke rose over Cairo early Friday after a powerful explosion hit the city's police headquarters, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others, Egyptian authorities said. The blast struck a key symbol of authority in a country that has been shaken by political turmoil and violent unrest in recent years. It was followed by two smaller explosions near police stations in the Cairo area, one of which killed one person. And later, a fourth explosion outside a movie theater in Giza city, near Cairo, killed one person and injured seven others, state television said. The blasts took place at a time of high tension -- the day before the third anniversary of the 2011 revolution that eventually brought down authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak. And they come amid the instability ushered in by the military's overthrow last year of the democratically elected former President, Mohamed Morsy, and the ensuing crackdown by security forces on the Islamist movement that supported him, the Muslim Brotherhood..."

Egypt militants step up campaign with Cairo blasts
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"Militants have stepped up their campaign against security forces in Egypt with a series of explosions in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Six people were killed and some 100 others wounded, with the biggest blast outside Cairo's police headquarters. The attacks come on the eve of the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak. Meanwhile, 10 were reported killed in clashes between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood supporters. The explosion outside Cairo's police headquarters left four people dead and wounded at least 76. Hours later, there were three more blasts elsewhere in the city, killing two people and injuring several more. Local media report that an al-Qaeda-inspired militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem), has said it carried out the attack on the police headquarters. The group previously claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a security building in the northern city of Mansoura in December that killed 16 people and injured more than 100 others. The authorities blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for that attack - something the group strongly denied - and declared it a terrorist group shortly afterwards...."


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