6 killed, scores injured as deadly blasts hit police in Cairo

Four blasts, including a suicide bombing at the police headquarters, rocked the Egyptian capital and nearby areas today, killing six persons and wounding nearly 100 on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising.
The first powerful blast was reportedly caused by a suicide attacker, who rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a security fence around the Cairo Security Directorate, killing four and injuring 76 others, officials at the Interior and Health Ministry said.
In a second blast hours later, at least one person was killed when a small improvised explosive device went off near a police vehicle close to a metro station in Giza. At least 11 persons were wounded in the attack.

Another improvised bomb hit a police station near the Giza pyramids. The blast did not cause any fatalities, an Interior Ministry official told state TV.
The fourth blast at the Radobis Cinema theatre in Cairo's Haram district killed one person, state TV reported.
The deadly blasts raised concerns that an Islamist insurgency is gathering pace in the polarised Arab nation as Egyptian forces have intensified a crackdown on Islamists.

The Islamist elements have been blamed for a series of attacks on the army and police following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi by the powerful military on July 3, 2013.

"It's a vile, desperate attempt by evil terrorist forces to disrupt the success Egypt and its people have achieved in the [transitional] roadmap and the passing of the new constitution," Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi commented, in reference to the Cairo bomb.
In a statement, president Adly Mansour pledged to "severely punish" those involved in "planning, financing, inciting, participating in or executing" such attacks, saying that tampering with state security is a "red line".
An al-Qaeda-inspired militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the attack on the police headquarters, BBC reported.