20-08-2015 16:25 via news.yahoo.com

Islamic State claims Cairo courthouse bomb which wounded 30

By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State's Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 30 people, including 8 policemen, near a state security building and courthouse in a Cairo suburb on Thursday. A statement circulated on Twitter by supporters of the group, Sinai Province, said the bomb was a reprisal for the execution of six of its members convicted of carrying out an attack north of the Egyptian capital last year. In May, Egypt executed six members of Sinai P
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