Egyptian police officer killed in Cairo explosion

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An Egyptian police officer was killed and three other security personnel injured in a blast near the presidential palace in eastern Cairo on Monday, State-run Ahram newspaper reported on its website.
Colonel Ahmed al-Ashmawi, a bomb disposal expert at Cairo security directorate, was killed while defusing one of two bombs planted near the Ittihadiya palace in Heliopolis district, the report said.
According to Xinhua, the explosion came two days after a blast hit a telecommunications building under construction, in the October City outside Cairo, killing a girl and her mother.
On Wednesday at least six people were injured in small explosions near metro stations in the capital outskirts and outside a court complex also near the presidential palace.
Since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, a wave of militant attacks and explosions targeting security personnel and public institutions have risen mainly in the restive Sinai Peninsula. But recently, the attacks have crept into the capital and Delta cities.

Al-Qaida-inspired Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility for most of the attacks, saying they were revenging for police crackdown on Morsi's supporters which left more than 1,000 dead.

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