The Boulaq Al-Dakrour police station in Giza was hit by an improvised explosive device on Monday morning around 11am, according to a Ministry of Interior press statement. Two civilian workers were injured in the attack. Three unidentified suspects on a motorcycle threw the explosive device at the police station from the nearby Tharway Bridge. The workers were injured by flying shrapnel, and taken by ambulance to a hospital. The motivation for the attack and the identity of the assailants is under investigation. Egypt has been plagued by violence since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July. The violence has been heightened after the 14 August dispersals of pro-Morsi sit-ins by the police.
