A device containing nails and pieces of metal detonated on the perimeter of the Grand Egyptian Museum near a bus carrying 28 South African tourists.
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A rudimentary device containing nails and pieces of metal detonated on the perimeter of the Grand Egyptian Museum near a bus carrying 28 South African tourists from the airport to the pyramids district.
The ministry said the suspects were killed in gunbattles, but did not elaborate on the suspects’ identity or whether there had been any casualties or injuries among the security forces.Weapons and explosives were found at the scene of the shootouts, the ministry said. A Reuters analysis of the ministry statements showed that deadly shootouts often followed an attack by militants. For example, in December 2018, a day after the deadly bombing of a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza, the ministry announced that its forces had killed 40 people in three separate incidents.
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