Bomb explosion hits downtown Cairo

Published February 3rd, 2015 - 08:56 GMT
No injuries were reported, but authorities said shop windows were damaged. (AFP/File)
No injuries were reported, but authorities said shop windows were damaged. (AFP/File)

A bomb went off in downtown Cairo's Qasr El-Nil street on Tuesday morning, damaging shop windows and causing no injuries, according to Alaa Abdel-Zaher, head of the explosives division at the Cairo police force.

The bomb was planted in an electricity box in Behler passage, Abdel-Zaher told private television channel ONTV.

 

 

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