Egypt Explosions: 3 different blasts hit the police in Egypt's capital Cairo

Published on Friday 24 January 2014 03:33 // World News

Nearly 70 people have been wounded and 5 were killed in deadly blasts in Cairo that were occurred to hit the police.

The attacks were started with a bomb that was fitted in a car which blasted outside the headquarters of police in central Cairo,due to which 51 people were wounded and 4 were killed.

The attacks come on the eve of the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising.

An al-Qaeda-inspired militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis accepted the responsibility of the attack on the headquarters of police.

Ansar Beit al-Maqdis also admitted the responsibility for a car bomb attack on building in December in the city of Mansoura that killed 16 people and more than 100 were been injured.

Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were blamed by the authorities for that attack but they denied and condemned the attack at (04:30 GMT)..

Interior Minister of Egypt Muhammad Ebrahim said that security around the squares is stepped up where people will gather to mark Saturday's anniversary.

The powerful explosion was felt every where in the Capital and black smoke could be seen rising due to the incident.