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dankai
23-02-2009, 06:05 PM
1 person dead
21 people injured
Location: Khan el-Khalili Market, Cairo, Egypt

A bomb exploded Sunday in a crowded Cairo market frequented by tourists, wounding at least 14 people, including foreigners, said police and medical sources. The injured included French and German tourists, said a security official who did not have an exact breakdown of the wounded. The blast took place in the famed Khan el-Khalili market in medieval Cairo, frequented by tourists and locals alike. Blood could be seen, on the marble paving stones in front of the historic Hussein mosque. A police colonel at the scene said the small bomb went off outside a cafe near the mosque kicking up stone and marble fragments, which wounded the passersby. Riot police cordoned off the area and sniffer dogs could be seen as worshippers were being evacuated. A security official said police were attempting to defuse a second bomb. Fire engines were also on the scene. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they was not authorized to speak to the press. )

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dankai
24-02-2009, 04:10 PM
From the Telegraph

Terrorism returned to the streets of Egypt's capital, Cairo on Sunday when a bomb tore through a crowded market, killing a French tourist.

By Dina Kraft in Tel Aviv
Last Updated: 9:09AM GMT 23 Feb 2009

The attack, which was apparently targeted on Westerners, took place beside the 12th century Al-Hussein mosque, a notable tourist attraction in the old quarter of Egypt's capital. About 20 people were wounded in the explosion, including 13 French visitors and a German.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4783009/Cairo-market-blast-Bombers-targeted-Western-tourists-in-Egypt.html