Car bomb at police HQ in Egypt city kills 14 (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj138fQdrefymc__kl5pyyQ01AAZxCVhd1cHwaMwDB_PLyYzVV0BhvedCr7YBVxA1uDFyZnTORf7HV9Gab1ffbxRL6Te8_9hpRrOxvmWkFlfi_77z7tFJqtfVOdsDjif2pAyLkq0ZG7Q-c/s1600/f305f9bedd94184b95b5579d9cf90ee1775ffc26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj138fQdrefymc__kl5pyyQ01AAZxCVhd1cHwaMwDB_PLyYzVV0BhvedCr7YBVxA1uDFyZnTORf7HV9Gab1ffbxRL6Te8_9hpRrOxvmWkFlfi_77z7tFJqtfVOdsDjif2pAyLkq0ZG7Q-c/s320/f305f9bedd94184b95b5579d9cf90ee1775ffc26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1519" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Cairo (AFP) - A powerful car bomb tore through a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, killing at least 14 people, mostly policemen, medics and officials said.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1512" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The bombing comes just weeks before Egypt holds a referendum on a new constitution that is billed by the country's military-installed authorities as the first step towards democratic rule after the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1536" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Egyptian security sources said the explosion in the city, north of Cairo, was massive and a part of the building had caved in.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1541" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Medics said the bombing wounded more than 100 people.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1547" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"The majority of the casualties are from the police. The explosion was caused by a car bomb," Omar al-Shawatsi, the governor of Daqahleya, of which Mansoura is the capital, told state media.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The impact of the explosion was felt around 20 kilometres (12 miles) away and shattered windows of nearby buildings, the security sources said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The head of the security for Daqahleya, Sami El-Mihi, was wounded in the blast and two of his aides were killed, security sources said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Islamist militants have stepped up attacks on Egyptian security forces since the ouster of Morsi.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1560" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">More than 100 members of the security forces have been killed across the country since Morsi's ouster.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1387862579694_1560" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">YahooNews</div></div>

Car bomb at police HQ in Egypt city kills 14 (BLOG)

Cairo (AFP) - A powerful car bomb tore through a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, killing at least 14 people, mostly po...

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