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Egypt’s Interior Ministry Confirms Six Policemen Killed in Cairo Blast

© REUTERS / Amr Abdallah DalshA general view for the site of a bomb blast in Giza Al Haram Street, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt December 9, 2016.
A general view for the site of a bomb blast in Giza Al Haram Street, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt December 9, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Egypt’s Interior Ministry has confirmed that six policemen were killed as a result of an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Cairo's Haram area on Friday, local media reported.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — According to the ministry, there were two officers among the dead, the Masrawy news portal said. Three policemen were injured.

Earlier reports emerged that the device was likely to have been placed in a garbage bin near a police post.

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