Explosives-packed car kills 20, injures dozens in Cairo collision
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Explosives-packed car kills 20, injures dozens in Cairo collision
By Sudarsan Raghavan
August 5 at 1:16 PM
CAIRO -- A car packed with explosives detonated in downtown Cairo on Monday, killing at least 20 and injuring 47, Egypt's Interior Ministry said. It was the highest terrorism-related death toll in the capital in more than two years.
The government initially said the early-morning blast was caused by the collision of four cars. But later in the day, the Interior Ministry said the explosives-filled car was actually on its way to commit an attack in another part of the capital.
"The technical inspection also indicated that the vehicle contained explosives that cause the blast when the car collided with the other cars," the ministry said in a statement. "It is estimated that the car was being driven to a place to be used in carrying out a terrorist operation elsewhere."
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Heba Farouk Mahfouz contributed to this report.
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Explosives-packed car kills 20, injures dozens in Cairo collision
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The weird part is that this was an accident. The intended site of the detonation was somewhere else, where the car was headed. So, oops.