.Egypt: Iranian suspect arrested after Cairo blast
Cairo, 24 Feb. (AKI) - Egyptian police have arrested an Iranian man in connection with the deadly bomb blast that struck a crowded bazaar in Cairo at the weekend. A 17 year-old French teenage girl was killed and 20 others were injured in the bombing that targeted the Khan al-Khalili market on Sunday.
Police interrogated the young Iranian who was detained outside the square in front of the al-Hussein mosque, next to the market where the attack took place, said Egyptian daily al-Mesriyoun.
Three suspects were reportedly arrested after the attack and at least 15 witnesses were detained and interrogated by police. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Shopkeepers also told police before the blast, they saw a suspicious young man, between 23 and 27 years old with brown hair sitting at a bar in the square.
However, the pro-government daily, Al-Ahram quoted Egyptian police who said the attack was carried out by a small group of Islamic extremists composed of three or four people.
The attack was the first targeting tourists in Egypt for three years. The bombing occurred at an open air hotel cafe packed with tourists in the market which is near the 12th century mosque.
Nine French tourists wounded in the bomb attack reportedly left Egypt for Paris on Tuesday.
The body of the French teenage girl killed in the bomb blast was also expected to be repatriated.
The wounded included three Saudis, 13 French, a German and four Egyptians, the government statement said in a statement.
The banned Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and its extremist offshoot Gamaa Islamiya on Monday condemned the bomb attack.
AKI
Police interrogated the young Iranian who was detained outside the square in front of the al-Hussein mosque, next to the market where the attack took place, said Egyptian daily al-Mesriyoun.
Three suspects were reportedly arrested after the attack and at least 15 witnesses were detained and interrogated by police. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Shopkeepers also told police before the blast, they saw a suspicious young man, between 23 and 27 years old with brown hair sitting at a bar in the square.
However, the pro-government daily, Al-Ahram quoted Egyptian police who said the attack was carried out by a small group of Islamic extremists composed of three or four people.
The attack was the first targeting tourists in Egypt for three years. The bombing occurred at an open air hotel cafe packed with tourists in the market which is near the 12th century mosque.
Nine French tourists wounded in the bomb attack reportedly left Egypt for Paris on Tuesday.
The body of the French teenage girl killed in the bomb blast was also expected to be repatriated.
The wounded included three Saudis, 13 French, a German and four Egyptians, the government statement said in a statement.
The banned Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and its extremist offshoot Gamaa Islamiya on Monday condemned the bomb attack.
AKI
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