Mansoura blast at the Security Directorate on December 24, 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas have both condemned the attack., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Muslim Brotherhood condemns deadly blast in Nile Delta
Reuters, Ahram Online , Tuesday 24 Dec 2013
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemned a bomb attack on a security compound in the Nile Delta town of Daqahliya which killed 12 people and wounded more than 134 early on Tuesday.
"The Muslim Brotherhood condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on the police headquarters in Mansoura (region)," an emailed statement from the group's London press office said.
"The Muslim Brotherhood considers this act as a direct attack on the unity of the Egyptian people and demands an enquiry forthwith so that the perpetrators of this crime may be brought to justice."
Cabinet spokesman Sherief Shawki had blamed the blast on the movement of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.
Shortly after the bombing, prime minister Hazem Beblawi labelled the Brotherhood a "terrorist" group, though he stopped short of blaming it for the attack.
“Whoever is behind this act is a terrorist and will be brought to justice and punished according to the law. But I don’t want to anticipate the incidents," Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi had said.
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Hamas denies involvement in Mansoura blast
Ahram Online, Tuesday 24 Dec 2013
Palestinian Islamist movement rejects claims it was involved in terrorist attack on Mansoura security directorate
Hamas has denied involvement in Tuesday's terrorist attack in Mansoura that killed 15 and injured 134.
We have no link to this attack or any other attack in Egypt and we condemn such accusations, the Palestinian Islamist movement's spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.
Fifteen people died and 134 were injured on Tuesday morning when a large bomb struck the Nile Delta city's security directorate. Widespread damage was caused to buildings in the vicinity, including the city's council building, a state-owned theatre and a bank.
Initial findings indicate a suicide car bomb caused the blast, the interior ministry said.
Attacks on security targets, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula, have been on the rise since Mohamed Morsi's ouster. There have been sporadic attacks in the capital and other provinces.
Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility for a number of recent attacks in Egypt, including a failed assassination attempt on the interior minister in September.
On Monday, the group threatened an escalation of violence, according a statement published on Islamist militant websites.
Militants in Sinai are believed to have links with extremist groups across the border in Gaza. Mohamed Morsi, among other charges, is to stand trial for conspiring with Hamas and other militant groups to destabilise Egypt.
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