One dead after car bomb hits Italian consulate in Cairo

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The health ministry says at least one person has died. Four people were also injured, medical sources said.
State news agency MENA said the blast that took place on Saturday morning was a car bomb attack.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
Social media users posted photos they said were from Cairo showing heavy smoke in the city's skyline.
Egyptian journalist Omar Elhady published photos on his Twitter account, showing what he said was the damage inflicted on the consulate building in the Galaa street.
صورة أخرى لآثار الدمار pic.twitter.com/JVFXPFWNuV
— Omar Elhady (@O_Elhady) July 11, 2015
بقايا أخرى يعتقد أنها لسيارة في موقع الحادث pic.twitter.com/qEY6G6H3Zn
— Omar Elhady (@O_Elhady) July 11, 2015
Four foreign journalist were being held by the police while trying to report from the scene, said Cairo-based journalist Alessandro Accorsi, who tweeted that he was one of them.
The blast ruptured underground water pipes, flooding the area. Local Youm7 website posted the following footage showing the aftermath of the attack.
بعض الشظايا في محيط الانفجار. ليس واضحا بعد كيف وقع pic.twitter.com/lYUEM2CNJr
— Omar Elhady (@O_Elhady) July 11, 2015
The explosion struck one of the busiest intersections in Cairo, a major artery that connects Ramsis Square to the heart of downtown Cairo.
Even before 7 am on a weekend in the middle of the holy month of Ramazan, the area around the blast would have been crowded with cars, pedestrians and mini-buses.
The embassy was closed and no civilian staff members are among the injured, an embassy official told AP.
Egypt's public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, was killed last month by a car bomb attack in the city.
In the same month, another car bomb targeting a police station left three people dead.
Egyptian security forces have been battling Islamic militants, but the fighting has been mostly confined to the Sinai Peninsula.
Militants in Egypt have killed at least 600 police and armed forces personnel in the past two years.
The militants stepped up their attacks after the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.
In recent weeks, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has promised to crack down further on Islamist militants.
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members, including ousted President Mohammed Morsi, have been sentenced to death by Egypt's courts.
The majority remain on death row awaiting execution.
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