Cairo: bomb in cafe packed with French tourists
Posted by Robert on February 22, 2009 3:06 PM
No one has claimed responsibility at this point. [1] We have seen jihadists target tourists in Egypt before. "Tourists hit by Cairo bomb blast," from the [2] BBC, February 22 (thanks to Larry):
A bomb explosion in Cairo has killed at least one person and injured 17 others, mostly foreign tourists, police say.The dead person was identified as a French tourist. An unconfirmed report from Reuters news agency said there were four dead, two of them foreigners.
The blast happened outside a cafe packed with French tourists in the historic Khan al-Khalili area.
The explosion was relatively small, most likely caused by a home-made explosive device, police believe....
Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/02/cairo-bomb-in-cafe-packed-with-french-tourists.html
URLs in this post:Click here to print.