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Blast east of Egypt’s capital kills 1

CAIRO – An Egyptian security official says one person has been killed after an explosive device targeted security forces in eastern Cairo.

The official said in an Interior Ministry statement that a homemade bomb struck a police convoy on Friday near the district of Ain Shams.

No security forces were hurt but two pedestrians were wounded, one of whom died of his wounds at a nearby hospital.

Egypt has been witnessing recurrent violence three years after the military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Demonstrations by Morsi’s supporters — many held around Ain Shams University — have largely waned amid a heavy security clampdown that has killed and injured thousands.

In retaliation, Islamic militants have targeted police and army personnel.

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