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<\/a> Two policemen were killed and three others were wounded when an explosive device carried by a terrorist detonated near Al Azhar Mosque<\/b> late yesterday while security forces were pursuing him, Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a>, citing an Interior Ministry statement. The terrorist, who was also killed in the blast, was allegedly responsible for an attempted attack on police forces on Friday. The members of the police service were killed when, \u201cafter catching the suspect in Cairo\u2019s ancient Islamic district close to the Al Azhar mosque, \u2018one of the explosive devices in his possession exploded, causing the death of the terrorist and the martyrdom of a police officer from national security and an officer from Cairo investigations (department),\u2019\u201d Reuters said, quoting an interior ministry statement. The terrorist has been identified as Al-Hassan Abdullah. Al Azhar<\/a> and the Grand Mufti<\/a> have each condemned yesterday\u2019s bombing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two policemen were killed and three others were wounded when an explosive device carried by a terrorist detonated near Al Azhar Mosque late yesterday while security forces were pursuing him, Al Masry Al Youm reports, citing an Interior Ministry statement. 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