Blast outside Cairo University wounds 11 – Middle East – Al Jazeera English.
Cairo University has been the stage for almost daily student protests, often dispersed by police [AFP]
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| A bomb has exploded outside the gates of Cairo University, wounding eleven people including policemen stationed outside the campus to quell student protests that have become customary in the politically unstable country.
Police cordoned off the area and scoured it with sniffer dogs, state-run Ahram news outlet reported on Wednesday, citing a security source. Six of the eleven wounded were policemen stationed outside the campus, Ahram said. The blast took place near the site of a bombing in April that killed a police general. Riot policemen are now stationed on foot and in armoured vehicles to confront the frequent protests by pro-Islamist students. The explosion came after policemen had clashed with student protesters earlier in the day. …click on the above link to read the rest of the article… |
