Egypt's Minister Mohammed Ibrahim survives bomb attack

Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim has survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in Cairo, hours later, he appeared unharmed on state TV to denounce the attack as a "cowardly assassination bid", security guards and a child were among the injured in the attack, which took place near his home in Nasr City, no-one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The explosion took place at about 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT) as Mr Ibrahim was being driven from his home to work.

The minister told state television that his convoy was targeted by a "large" explosive device that might have been detonated by remote control, "it destroyed four of the vehicles of my protection team, with many shops in the area badly affected along with a vehicle of civilians and a small child who had a leg amputated," he said,"i have an officer with serious injuries and another officer with a leg amputation. There were many injuries amongst my guards."

source bbc