Update on yesterday's bazaar bombing
A bomb blast hit a tour group shopping in a historic bazaar Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding 18 people - the first attack targeting foreign tourists in the Egyptian capital in more than seven years. The dead included a French woman, and nine Egyptians and nine foreigners were wounded, the Interior Ministry said. Brig.-Gen. Nabil al-Azabi, head of security in Cairo, said the second person killed may have been the bomber.
Many of the injured had severe wounds from nails packed in the bomb, doctors said. Among the wounded foreigners were four Americans, three French and a Turk, the ministry said. It also said an Italian was injured, but Italian diplomats leaving the hospital later said there were no Italians among the casualties and there was no explanation for the discrepancy.
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