BBC Egyptian security building in Cairo rocked by bomb blast A state security building in northern Cairo was hit by a car bomb in the early hours of Thursday morning, Egypt's interior ministry says. Six policemen were said to have been injured by the explosion in the northern Shubra district of the city. There were no reports of any deaths. Residents across Cairo reported hearing and feeling a large blast just before 02:00 local time. There have been several bomb attacks by Islamist militants in Cairo this year. Reuters Four Palestinians abducted in Egypt's Sinai - Hamas, security sources Four Palestinians were abducted in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday after the bus they were on was stopped by unidentified gunmen, a Hamas official and Egyptian security sources said. A bus with about fifty Palestinians on it was travelling from Rafah on the Egypt-Gaza border to Cairo airport when it was ambushed by the gunmen, the security sources said. Hamas' interior ministry confirmed that four Palestinians were kidnapped on their way to Cairo.
