Blast Near Military Hospital Injures Suspected Culprit

An improvised bomb exploded during the early hours of Thursday morning near the Air Force hospital in Cairo’s Abbasiya district, reported Al-Ahram Arabic’s news website.

According to Al-Ahram, the bomb was planted in a car parked near the hospital.

The car was allegedly driven by two young men, suspected to be Muslim Brotherhood members, according to preliminary investigations.

One of the men was injured in the blast and is currently being investigated by National Security while the other has fled.

The blast comes a day ahead of the first anniversary of the army’s ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi following days of mass protests against his troubled one-year rule.

The Brotherhood-led National Alliance to Support Legitimacy has called for a ‘day of rage’ to mark a year since Morsi’s ouster.

On Monday 30 June, two police officers were killed and three others injured in a series of explosions near the presidential palace in Heliopolis.

Since Morsi’s ouster on 3 July and the dispersal of sit-ins in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda squares demanding his reinstatement, there have been numerous attacks on security forces, with at least 500 policemen and troops killed, according to the government.

Source : Ahram online