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| Explosion on the Roxy Square in Cairo (Image: Daily News of Egypt) |
An explosion occurred
on Thursday, 16 July, on the Roxy Square in Cairo’s upscale district of
Heliopolis. The bomb was reportedly planted in front of the building located on
the square, and it was detonated on afternoon.
Low ranking
police officer was injured as a result of the bombing, according to Egyptian
authorities. The officer was transferred to the hospital for the further
treatment.
The area of an
explosion was sealed off and cordoned by Egypt’s police and security forces,
while the team of explosive experts arrived for the examination.
There was no
immediate claim of responsibility for this bombing till now.
Egyptian Armed
Forces reported that the soldiers thwarted a car bomb attack of the military
facilities in the area close to the Suez-Katameya Road on Wednesday, 15 July.
The operation resulted in a death of a vehicle driver, stated Armed Forces
spokesperson.
Another
explosion went off in the city of Fayoum on Tuesday evening, injuring six
people and damaging the wall of Fayoum Stadium.
Egypt recently
experiences the wave of the terrorist attacks and bombings, targeting the
country’s armed and security forces and civilians as well. Egypt’s Prosecutor
General Hisham Barakat was killed in a bombing last week, then Cairo witnessed
another series of explosions. Major attack of ISIS affiliated militants against
Egyptian Armed Forces in Northern Sinai led to the massive military operation
launched by the military at the beginning of July and resulted in the death of
hundreds of insurgents, according to the statements of Egyptian military.
The latest
massive bomb attack against Italian Consulate in Cairo Downtown on Saturday, 11
July, was one of the biggest during the latest period of time.
Egyptian
authorities accuse Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of the ousted President
Mohamed Morsi and the Sinai based ISIS affiliated militants of the recent
attacks and destabilizing situation in the state.
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