Bomb blast kills six in Cairo, including 3 police officers

Source: Jerusalem Post

Egyptian Interior Ministry says bomb had been planted by Muslim Brotherhood militants and went off when security forces tried to raid building.

CAIRO - A bomb attack killed six people, including three policemen, on Thursday near a road leading to the pyramids in the Cairo suburb of Giza, security sources said.

The bomb exploded as the police arrived in their vehicles in front of a building where suspected militants were hiding, the sources said. Thirteen people were wounded.

The Interior Ministry issued a statement saying the bomb had been planted by Muslim Brotherhood militants and went off when security forces tried to raid the building.

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