Bomb blast kills two Vietnamese tourists on Cairo outskirts

Two Vietnamese tourists were killed and 12 other people were injured on Friday when their bus was hit by a blast from an explosive device in Giza, Egypt, the interior ministry said.


Ten of the injured were Vietnamese tourists and two were Egyptians, a ministry statement said. The bus was hit by an explosion from an improvised device hidden near a wall on Mariouteya street at around 1815 (1615 GMT), the ministry said.

Police are investigating, the statement said.

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