Bombing kills two in Egypt?s Alexandria, targets security chief

A bomb placed under a car exploded in Egypt?s second city Alexandria on Saturday, killing two people including a policeman, state news agency MENA reported. Photo: AFP CAIRO: A bomb placed under a car exploded in Egypt?s second city Alexandria on Saturday, killing two people including a policeman, state news agency MENA reported.
The bombing, which also wounded four policemen, had targeted Alexandria?s security chief police Major General Mostafa al-Nemr, the interior ministry said.
MENA quoted Nemr as saying that two people, a policeman and a driver, were killed in the blast.
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Photos on social media that Reuters could not independently verify showed a burnt out car and smoke at the site of the blast.
"On Saturday March 24 an explosive device planted underneath a car exploded . . . as the Alexandria security chief drove by," the interior ministry statement said.
Eyewitnesses said police and military personnel had formed a perimeter around the site of the explosion, which took place two days before the country is due to hold a presidential election.

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