Suicide bomber kills three police in historic heart of Cairo
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of ancient Islamic Cairo, killing three policemen who were chasing him through its narrow alleyways, medical and security sources said on Tuesday.
Monday evening's bombing, in the Darb al-Ahmar neighbourhood near the historic Al-Azhar mosque, also wounded two other policemen, the interior ministry said in a statement.
"As security forces surrounded the man and were about to stop him and bring him under control, an explosive device in his possession detonated," the ministry said.
Video posted on social media on Tuesday morning showed police catching up with a male cyclist before being enveloped by an explosion. The ministry said the bomber was being chased as part of a manhunt for those responsible for a foiled bomb attack near a mosque in Cairo's twin city of Giza on Friday.
Police sappers successfully defused that device.
Monday evening's blast damaged several shops in the alleyway which lies in an area frequented by ...