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Bombing Kills 2 in Egypt's Alexandria, Targets Security Chief

by Reuters

   CAIRO --

   A bomb placed under a car exploded in Egypt's second city Alexandria on
   Saturday, killing two people including a policeman, state news agency
   MENA
   reported.
   The bombing, which also wounded four policemen, had targeted
   Alexandria's security chief police Major General Mostafa al-Nemr, the
   interior ministry said.
   MENA quoted Nemr as saying that two people, a policeman and a driver,
   were killed in the blast.
   Photos on social media that Reuters could not independently verify
   showed a burnt out car and smoke at the site of the blast.
   "On Saturday March 24 an explosive device planted underneath a car
   exploded ... as the Alexandria security chief drove by," the interior
   ministry statement said.
   Eyewitnesses said police and military personnel had formed a perimeter
   around the site of the explosion, which took place two days before the
   country is due to hold a presidential election.