U.S. Warns Citizens in Egypt after Spate of Attacks

[AFP] The U.S. embassy in Egypt urged its citizens on Tuesday to take precautions following a deadly bombing in a tourist bazaar in Cairo on Feb. 22, saying more attacks could be planned. Five days later in the same location, an American teacher suffered slight cuts when a man knifed him in the face, while on Feb. 28 in the Cairo metro, a man threw an incendiary bottle that failed to explode. "We advise Americans to take great care in visiting these sites, to remain strictly alert to their surroundings, and to practice good personal security measures," the embassy said.


2009-03-04 06:00:00

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