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Blast Targets Egyptian Synagogue

   VOA News 21 February 2010

Photo: AP

   An  Egyptian  policeman orders media to leave the area in front of the
   Egyptian  Jewish  synagogue, Shaar Hashamayim, in Cairo, Egypt Sunday,
   21 Feb. 2010

   Egyptian  officials  say  a  man  attempted to bomb a synagogue in the
   capital, Cairo, on Sunday.
   The device burned briefly, but no one was injured.
   Officials  say the man had checked into a hotel across the street from
   the Jewish house of worship.
   He  threw  his  suitcase  at  the  synagogue  from a hotel window. The
   suitcase contained several cans of gasoline, as well as his clothing.
   The synagogue is located on a downtown thoroughfare.
   The man fled the scene and police say they are searching for him.
   In  2009,  a  crude  bomb  exploded  in a busy tourist area, killing a
   French tourist.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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