One Egyptian security officer injured in a bomb attack in Cairo

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An Egyptian security officer was injured on Monday when a group of anonymous militants threw a bomb at a checkpoint near the presidential palace in Cairo, MENA state news agency reported. It was the latest attack on security officials since July's army ouster of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. The attack came a few days after a suicide car bombing killed 10 soldiers in the lawless Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The officer was injured when assailants riding a motorcycle threw a homemade bomb at the security checkpoint near the presidential palace, MENA said, citing an unidentified security official.

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