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Bomb hits tourist bus near Egypt's Giza Pyramids, at least 17 wounded

Blast detonates near new museum being built nearby Egypt's famed pyramids, most of the wounded are foreign nationals, sources report.

by  Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  05-19-2019 17:04
Last modified: 05-25-2019 12:21
Bomb hits tourist bus near Egypt's Giza Pyramids, at least 17 woundedReuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A damaged bus and car are seen at the site of a blast near a new museum being built close to the Giza pyramids in Cairo, Sunday | Photo: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Sunday near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17 people including tourists, Egyptian officials said.

The officials said the bus was traveling on a road close to the under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum, which is located adjacent to the Giza Pyramids but is not yet open to tourists.

The bus was carrying at least 25 people, mostly from South Africa, officials added.

The attack comes as Egypt's vital tourism industry is showing signs of recovery after years in the doldrums because of the political turmoil and violence that followed a 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Hosni Mubarak.

The officials said security forces cordoned off the site of the explosion and the wounded were taken to a nearby hospital.

The explosion damaged a windshield of another car, they said. Footage circulated online shows shattered windows of the bus.

In a statement issued by the antiquities ministry, Atif Moftah, general supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum, said the explosion did not cause any damage to the museum.

No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. It is the second to target foreign tourists near the famed pyramids in less than six months. In December, a bus carrying 15 Vietnamese tourists was hit by a roadside bomb, killing at least three of them.

Egypt has battled Islamic terrorists for years in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, hitting minority Christians or tourists. The insurgency gained strength after the 2013 military overthrow of the country's first freely elected president, an Islamist whose brief rule sparked mass protests.

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