Egypt's official news agency and a security official say at least 11 people were killed and scores more injured after a strong explosion hit a police headquarters building in a Nile Delta city north of Cairo. The Middle East News Agency said the explosion took place at 1.10am local time on Tuesday, at Dakahlia security headquarters in the Nile Delta province of Mansour, causing the collapse of parts of the five-floor building. A security official said that 11 people were killed and 80 injured including the city's security chief. Most of those killed were policemen inside the security headquarters whose bodies were buried under the debris. The death toll was expected to rise, he said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press, said an initial investigation suggested a car bomb had caused the explosion. Egypt's Nile News TV cut into its late-night programming to urge people to go to hospitals to donate blood to the victims of the attack, which it described as the worst in the city's history. The attack comes a day after an al-Qaida inspired group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or the Champions of Jerusalem, called on members of the police and army to desert or face death. Attacks on soldiers and policemen have sharply risen since the Egyptian army ousted the elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July in the face of mass unrest against his rule. Most of the attacks have occurred in the Sinai. About 200 soldiers have died in Sinai alone since Morsi was forced out. The group said it considered Egyptian troops to be infidels because they answered to the secular-leaning military-backed government. It gained notoriety after expanding its operations outside of the northern Sinai province. It claimed responsibility for a September suicide bombing that targeted Egypt's interior minister, who escaped unharmed. |
埃及代蓋赫利耶省首府曼蘇拉警察總部大樓發(fā)生爆炸,造成至少14人死亡,130多人受傷。埃及臨時(shí)總理貝卜拉維稱(chēng)爆炸為恐怖襲擊事件。 埃及衛(wèi)生部表示,當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間24日凌晨1點(diǎn)10分,曼蘇拉警察總部發(fā)生爆炸,導(dǎo)致至少14人死亡,130多人受傷,并致使5層高的大樓部分坍塌。有匿名安全官員透露說(shuō),共有2枚炸彈同時(shí)爆炸,一枚在大樓高層的指揮部引爆,另一枚則大樓旁邊的一輛汽車(chē)中爆炸,埃及當(dāng)局還發(fā)現(xiàn)并排除了第3枚炸彈。爆炸中的死者多為警察,代蓋赫利耶省警察局長(zhǎng)也在爆炸中受傷。 當(dāng)?shù)蒯t(yī)院表示,從現(xiàn)場(chǎng)目擊者報(bào)告和傷者受傷情況看來(lái),傷亡人數(shù)還有可能進(jìn)一步上升。當(dāng)?shù)仉娨暸_(tái)中斷深夜的節(jié)目安排,敦促人們?nèi)メt(yī)院向受害者獻(xiàn)血。 埃及臨時(shí)總理哈齊姆?貝卜拉維譴責(zé)爆炸事件,表示要將襲擊者繩之以法。他說(shuō):“這是意在恐嚇民眾、阻礙路線圖的恐怖主義行徑。幕后黑手想要破壞我們國(guó)家的未來(lái)。政府將會(huì)盡全力追捕那些執(zhí)行、策劃并支持襲擊事件的罪犯?!?/p> 另外,埃及內(nèi)閣發(fā)言人謝里夫?舒基稱(chēng),穆斯林兄弟會(huì)暴露了“造成流血死亡、危害埃及安全的恐怖主義丑惡嘴臉”,稱(chēng)其應(yīng)該為爆炸負(fù)責(zé)。貝卜拉維則拒絕認(rèn)定穆斯林兄弟會(huì)是恐怖組織。 自7月份埃及軍方驅(qū)逐埃及民選總統(tǒng)穆罕默德?穆?tīng)栁饕詠?lái),埃及士兵和警察遭受的攻擊數(shù)量急劇上升,其中大多數(shù)襲擊事件集中在西奈半島。穆?tīng)栁鞯古_(tái)后僅西奈就已有約200名士兵死亡。 相關(guān)閱讀 奧巴馬承諾審視NSA監(jiān)控項(xiàng)目 或把電話數(shù)據(jù)交由運(yùn)營(yíng)商保存 俄羅斯國(guó)家杜馬通過(guò)大赦令 影響2萬(wàn)多人 女外交官在美被捕激怒印度 美國(guó)務(wù)卿出面表“遺憾” (譯者 聞竹 編輯 王琦?。?/p> |