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Related story: Death toll of Cairo bombing rises to
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Egyptian prosecutor says Cairo bombing
was individual act
Egyptian police working hard to
determine cause of Cairo blast
CAIRO, April 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Egyptian security forces
have identified the suicide bomber of the attack in Cairo late Thursday and
arrested three accomplices, the Egyptian daily Al Akhbar reported Monday.
The perpetrator was identified as an Egyptian from
Qalioubia province, north of Cairo and the three accomplices were suspected of
helping him with the explosives, said the daily.
The preliminary investigations showed the perpetrator
was not registered and the four were not part of a larger organized group, said
the report.
The blast in an open-air market in Cairo's Old City
killed four people, including a French woman, an American man and a French man
who was wounded and died while being flown back to France for treatment.
A man thought to be the bomber also died in the
attack which occurred in the crowded market popular with tourists.
Egyptian Prosecutor-General Maher Abdel Wahed said
Saturday thatinitial investigations showed the explosion was an individual act,
stressing no one can make any speculation and everyone must wait for the outcome
of further investigations. Enditem |