Six police officers have been killed and three wounded in a bomb explosion near pyramids in Egypt.
Four bystanders were also hurt in the blast, which targeted a security checkpoint in the country’s capital Cairo on Friday.
It is the deadliest attack on security forces in several months although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosion.
The bomb went off in Al Haram street – the main avenue leading from the city centre to the Giza pyramids.
Reports from the scene suggest the bombing appeared to have targeted two police cars parked on the road.
It is the latest in a series of attacks in the country since the former elected Islamist president was overthrown in 2013.
Hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed in an Islamist insurgency led by Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula.
On Tuesday security forces killed three gunmen in a raid on a suspected Muslim Brotherhood hideout in southern Egypt after the group claimed responsibility in September for an assassination attempt of a senior prosecutor.
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