An explosive body went off at a police station near the governorate security directorate in Mansoura, Egypt's Nile Delta Daqahliya province, killing at least one conscript and injuring 19 late on Tuesday. According to a statement released by the Interior Ministry, 12 police cadets and conscripts had been injured. The Ministry of Health later stated the injury toll had reached 19, including civilians, Ahram Online. Medical sources confirmed the deceased was a police conscript. The explosion has also damaged several police vehicles and smashed the police station's window panes, according to the Interior Ministry's statement. Shortly after the blast, police forces fired tens of teargas canisters at an abandoned building near the police station, suspecting that the assailants, who remain at large, were hiding inside. Police personnel were heavily deployed in the area, assisted by checkpoints set up by civilians to prevent further attacks. Presidential media advisor Ahmed El-Muslimani, for his part, described the incident as a "terrorist attack." "The terrorist act in Mansoura will not soften our will. We have won the war against terrorism once, and we shall win [it] today," he said. This is the second explosion to take place near a police station in Egypt in less than a week.
