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Urgent: Blast heard in Egypt's central Cairo

Xinhua, February 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

An explosion was heard in the central downtown of the Egyptian capital Cairo on Tuesday, state-run Ahram website reported on its website.

The cause of the explosion or the casualties were not immediately clear. Endit