Egypt: Four Bomb Blasts Kill Six In Cairo

Six people have now died in Egypt's capital Cairo after a fourth bombing near a cinema.

The latest blast, which killed one person and injured four conscripts, was caused by a "rudimentary bomb", according to police.

It exploded near a police vehicle close to a metro station and cinema at Dokki, in west Cairo, killing a police conscript, officials said.

Earlier, three separate attacks killed five people and injured dozens.

The bombings came on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the 2011 uprising that toppled Egypt's ruler Hosni Mubarak.

The first attack happened when a suicide car bomber rammed a vehicle into the fence surrounding Cairo's police headquarters.

Four people were killed and the blast also badly damaged a nearby Museum of Islamic Art.

Policeman Mahmud Mushref, his head bandaged, said: "The car crashed into the fence, and the explosion happened."

Several floors of the high-rise building were wrecked, with air conditioning units dangling from broken windows. The pavement outside was covered with piles of shattered glass, pieces of bricks and rocks.

The front of the nearby museum was also badly damaged.

State television quoted witnesses as saying gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on buildings and guards after the explosion.

Interior ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Latif said: "Casualties were relatively small given the size of the blast."

Friday is the Muslim day of prayer and rest and so relatively few people were on the streets.

The suicide attack was followed by other smaller explosions - one at a metro station which killed one person, and another at a police station near the pyramids.

Sky's Tom Rayner said the explosion by the pyramids was possibly caused by a grenade.

Militants have escalated attacks since the military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July.

Around 2,000 of his supporters took to the streets on Friday and clashed with security forces.

The president's office vowed to "avenge our martyrs" following the bombings.

A statement read: "Whoever planned, participated, financed, or incited (the attack) will be punished with the worst form of punishment."

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