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Judge escapes car bombing in Egypt's capital

Xinhua, November 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

An Egyptian judge escaped a car explosion in Cairo's eastern district of Naser City on Friday, an Interior Ministry official said.

The judge was not harmed and there were no other casualties, the official said.

Some local media reported the judge was in one of the trials of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

The car was parked outside a residential building when the bomb went off, leaving the car completely burnt, smashing three other cars nearby as well as the facades of some buildings.

No group has claimed responsibility yet.

The attack came one week after a roadside bombing targeting a police convoy in Cairo killed a passerby.

Egypt has been fighting against a growing wave of anti-government terrorist attacks since the military removed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 following mass protests against his one-year rule.

Hundreds of security personnel were killed in anti-government attacks, mainly centered in North Sinai, in revenge to the killing of Morsi's supporters, with a Sinai Islamic State affiliate militant group claiming responsibility for most of them. Endit