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Car bomb blast in Cairo kills Egypt's Prosecutor General

A car bomb blast killed Egypt’s top public prosecutor today in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo. An explosive device under a parked car detonated remotely when his convoy passed by.

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Over the past several months, militants have targeted judges. Police and military have been targeted over the past year.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/29/middleeast/egypt-top-prosecutor-explosion/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/bomb-targets-egypts-public-prosecutor-casualties-unknown-sources-084750756.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/egypt-state-prosecutor-motorcade-hit-bomb-attack-cairo-150629083650272.html http://www.albawaba.com/news/egyptian-general-prosecutor-injured-targeted-bomb-attack-713428 Last updated:2020-12-13T22:12:35.839743Z

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