Three blasts injure five people in Egypt

Published March 18th, 2015 - 02:19 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Five civilians were injured by three blasts in Fayoum city in Upper Egypt on Wednesday, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

All improvised bombs exploded in the same area near Ahmed Shawqy Street. Those injured were soon transported to the Fayoum general hospital.

No deaths were reported.

A health official in Fayoum also said that all injuries were not serious.

Recently, local and foreign business interests, including mobile phone service providers, fast food chains and foreign banks have been targeted with small bombs reportedly by anti-government Islamist militants throughout the country including Cairo.

Egypt has been combating a decade-long militant insurgency in North Sinai that spiked since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

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