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Egyptian officer killed while defusing bomb at church

Nader Shoukry

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Wednesday ,09 January 2019

Egyptian officer killed while defusing bomb at church

Police in Cairo are investigating a terrorist attack by explosives near the church of St. Mary and Abu Sifien in Nasr City, Cairo.

An Egyptian explosives expert has been killed while he was attempting to defuse one of three bombs that were stored at a nearby mosque.
 
Imam of the mosque has suspected the packages and reported the Police who moved quickly and sent the expert to defuse the bombs and he defused two of them before the third exploded and killed him.