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September 6, 2013

Egypt's Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt 
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Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim survived an apparent
assassination attempt Thursday when a bomb blast rocked his convoy.
Ibrahim has helped oversee the bloody crackdown on supporters of ousted
President Mohamed Morsi, which has killed more than 1,000 people.
Ibrahim condemned the attack against him.

Mohamed Ibrahim: "All I can do is thank God. It was a vile attempt. The
forensics lab informed me that it was a large bomb which was set off
from afar and they targeted the exact timing of my convoy passing
through that street because all of the explosion debris is directed at
my car. They destroyed my four security vehicles and many shops in the
area were also destroyed, civilian's cars were destroyed, a small child
had his leg injured, a police officer is in critical condition and there
was another with a leg injury. There were many other injuries in my
security team."

 

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