Tourist bus hit by blast in Egypt near Pyramids
At least 16 people are believed to be injured in blast that occurred next to a tourist bus near the new Egyptian museum close to the Giza Pyramids.
The blast happened near the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo .
Sources say the majority of those injured were foreign tourists, mainly South Africans.
#القاهرة #مصر#egypt #cairo AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE #INJURED IN #BLAST TARGETING #TOURIST #BUS, MOST OF THEM FOREIGN #TOURISTS #museum pic.twitter.com/vUyCkvUI23
— Rita khoury (@ritakhoury10) May 19, 2019
It is the second to target foreign tourists near the famed pyramids in less than six months. In December, three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb hit their tour bus less than 4 kilometres from the Giza pyramids.
It is not yet known who was behind the bombing but Islamist militants have attacked tourists in Egypt in the past.
