A view of the Pyramids of Giza on the south-western outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP
A view of the Pyramids of Giza on the south-western outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP
A view of the Pyramids of Giza on the south-western outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP
A view of the Pyramids of Giza on the south-western outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP

Cairo bomb: Home-made device explodes wounding three


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Three people have been injured in a blast as Egyptian officials tried to defuse a homemade bomb in the Cairo's western district of Giza.

An Interior Ministry statement blamed members of the Muslim Brotherhood for the attack, which it said targeted a security checkpoint. The Islamist group has been banned in Egypt since 2013.

In footage shared online appearing to show the explosion, security forces are stationed around the device, roads are closed and other emergency services are on the scene.

However, the overpass above the apparent site has not been closed and traffic can be seen overhead when the explosion goes off.

At least one police office was among the wounded from the explosion. Police sealed off the entire district and diverted traffic as security forces searched for the culprits.

The official says the wounded, including a policeman, were rushed to a nearby hospital. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to speak to the media.

No group immediately claimed responsibility. In December, a bomb targeting a tourist bus in Giza killed three Vietnamese nationals and their tour guide. Eleven others were wounded in the blast.

In raids after the attack, Egyptian authorities say they killed 40 militants and seized bomb-making equipment. The interior ministry said at the time that “A group of terrorists were planning to carry out a series of aggressive attacks targeting state institutions, particularly economic ones, as well as tourism... and Christian places of worship."

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Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple. 
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.

Khouli conviction

Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.

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A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
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