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Five wounded in Cairo bomb attack on bus: Security

Militants have killed scores of policemen and soldiers in attacks since the military coup.

A bomb went off in a public transport bus in the Egyptian capital on Thursday,wounding five people,security officials and a medic said.

Security officials said they were investigating whether the bomb had been placed on the bus or hurled by an assailant. The victims received mild to moderate injuries,a health ministry official said.

Militants have killed scores of policemen and soldiers in attacks since the military’s overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi in July,but this appeared to be the first bombing of a civilian target.

The bombing took place on a busy street in the north Cairo neighbourhood of Nasr City,the officials said.

It comes two days after a suicide car bomber killed 15 people,mostly policemen,in an attack on their headquarters in a Nile Delta city.

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