Man’s backpack earns him arrest after explosive device detonates near US embassy

The police in Egypt have arrested and detained a man after an explosive detonated near the US embassy in central Cairo.

According to security sources in Egypt, the man was nabbed after he was seen with a backpack that had caught fire close to the Semiramis Hotel, across the road from the embassy premises.

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The man was then thrown to the ground by security forces as the fire was extinguished, the witness said.

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo said on its Twitter account that it was aware of a reported incident and asked people to avoid the area.

 

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