Three Bomb Blasts Kill At Least Five In Cairo

Three bombings just hours apart in Egypt's capital have killed at least five people and wounded dozens.

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

A suicide car bomber rammed a vehicle into the fence surrounding Cairo's police headquarters, killing four people and 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 explosions happened in the Egyptian capital

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 police headquarters was hit by a car bomb

The suicide attack was followed by two more, 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.

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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