Bystanders can be heard identifying Ibrahim in the group. The vehicle remained at the scene later, its front half sheared off, windshield missing, and one side pockmarked with apparent shrapnel holes.Īmateur video filmed after the blast showed a group of men running from the scene and waiting as another SUV pulls up. He said he came out onto his balcony and saw an SUV engulfed in flames as the rest of the motorcade drove away.Ībdullah Nadi, a 21-year-old employee in a nearby tire shop, said that Ibrahim's bodyguards ran into his store after the explosion and took a crowbar to pry open the door of a white SUV that he said was carrying Ibrahim. A paramedic on the scene told reporters that he had seen body parts scattered across the boulevard, suggesting that attackers had died in the explosion.Īlaa Soliman, a 26-year-old commercial pilot, said the explosion - which he initially thought was an air strike - jarred him awake in his family's apartment a few dozen yards from the scene. Some witnesses said Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim's bodyguards fired in the air to disperse bystanders, while other security sources said his guards shot dead two attackers. near the minister's home, according to witness testimony supported by amateur video.
Gunfire could be heard after the explosion, which took place at about 10:30 a.m. Security officials said the attack in the Nasr City neighborhood appeared to be a bomb, but they offered differing accounts about whether it had been placed in a car or motorcycle and was detonated remotely or by attackers who died in the blast.
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