12/26/2023 0 Comments Elyoum elsabaaIt said the bill would be presented to the cabinet for approval. The statement from a high-level security committee including the prime minister and ministers of defence and interior did not go into further details on the contents of the law. Senior ministers said they would pass legislation today “connected to confronting terrorism”, in a statement released hours after the explosions. It is not possible,” said student Mohamed Abdel Aziz outside Cairo University after the explosions. How can the police protect us when they can’t even protect themselves. People screamed and ran for safety after the attacks as panic spread on the streets and on campus in an upmarket area near the zoo in Giza, a Reuters witness said. ![]() Shortly afterwards, a third blast killed one person, four security officials said. Two bombs, left among trees outside the university, killed the police officer and wounded five other security forces who had been guarding the facility, the ministry said. The fast-growing insurgency threatens the security of the most populous Arab nation ahead of a presidential election in May - as well as the vital tourist industry on which Egypt relies for revenue. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Islamist militants have carried out many similar operations against police and soldiers since the army ousted president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July after mass protests against him. Analysts predict that militants will escalate violence before the May 26-27 presidential election that is expected to be easily won by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled MursiĪ series of explosions outside Cairo University killed two people yesterday, including a police brigadier-general, in what appeared to be a militant attack targeting security forces.
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