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| One Killed in Bomb Blast in Egypt Textile Hub | |
| 2015-03-08 | |
| [AnNahar] A kaboom in front of a mobile phone service store in Egypt's textile town of Mahallah killed one person and maimed another 11 people on Friday, police said. Militants have regularly set off bombs in Egyptian cities, mostly targeting police, since the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi unleashed a deadly government crackdown on his supporters. Friday's bomb was set off late at night on the main street of Mahallah, a textile hub 115 kilometers (70 miles) north of Cairo. The kaboom went off in front of a mobile phone service store and a bank, police said. One person was killed and 11 people were maimed, a police officer said. Health ministry official Khalid al-Khateb confirmed that at least seven people were maimed in the bombing. In recent weeks bombs have been set off near mobile phone service outlets in Cairo, although they have been rudimentary. Mahallah, a town in the Nile Delta, has been a site of regular labor strikes for years. A massive strike there in 2008 is seen as a precursor to the 2011 uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... The town has not seen holy warrior attacks as in some other cities including Cairo, Alexandria and even in the Nile Delta.
kaboom!in front of an Emirati bank branch north of the capital, killing a policeman and a civilian and wounding 16. Security and health officials from Gharbiya province said Saturday that the bomb went off overnight in Mahalla, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Cairo. | |
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