Deadly blasts hit police in Cairo

Cairo-Five people have been killed and nearly 70 wounded after three blasts in the Egyptian capital that appeared to target the police force,according to BBC.

The attacks began with a powerful car bomb that exploded outside the police headquarters in central Cairo, killing four people and wounding 51.

Within hours, two other blasts occurred elsewhere in the city, killing one person and injuring 15.

The multiple blasts which hit different parts of Cairo appear to be a systematic plan. The attackers managed to hit hard at the heart of the Egyptian capital, close to the police headquarters and the museum of Islamic art.

While the police HQ was the most significant target, another blast near a metro station struck one of the most crowded means of transportation in the city.

Friday is a day off in Egypt, otherwise the scene of this second explosion would have been much worse. A third bomb went off near the Pyramids with no damage or casualties reported.

An al-Qaeda-inspired militant group “Ansar Beit al-Maqdis “has admitted carrying out the attack on the police headquarters.

The group previously claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a security building in the northern city of Mansoura in December that killed 16 people and injured more than 100 others.

The authorities blamed Morsi’s “Muslim Brotherhood” for that attack .

R.S