Egypt's interior minister targeted in bomb attack

Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim has survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in Cairo. Hours after the attack, Ibrahim appeared on the state TV, condemning the "cowardly assassination bid".

According to the ministry, 20 people, among them a child, were injured in the attack near his home in Nasr City, a stronghold of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group.

Muslim Brotherhood leader Amr Darrag said the group "strongly condemned" what happened.

"We are back to the terrorism of the 1980s," the Egyptian ministry said on the explosion which took place as Ibrahim was being driven from his home to work.

The minister told state television that his convoy was targeted by a "large" explosive device that might have been detonated by remote control.

Two police officers in the convoy were in a serious condition, he added, and a child had suffered a serious leg wound. State TV said an explosive device was thrown at the convoy from the top of a nearby building just after it left his place of residence.

The Egyptian interior ministry said an attempt to assassinate the interior minister by "terrorist groups" had been foiled, adding that his guards had confronted and killed two of the attackers.