1 killed, 4 wounded in explosion in Cairo

Policemen stand guard near a blast site in Cairo, Egypt, on March 24, 2017. One person was killed and four others wounded on Friday when an explosive device went off in a garden in Maadi district southeastern the capital Cairo, the interior ministry said in a statement. [Photo: Xinhua]

One person was killed and four others wounded on Friday when an explosive device went off in a garden in Maadi district southeastern the capital Cairo, the interior ministry said in a statement.

The blast occurred when a building guard who was shimming the trees in the garden touched the device. Three of his family members and another man passing by accident were wounded.

People gather near a blast site in Cairo, Egypt, on March 24, 2017. One person was killed and four others wounded on Friday when an explosive device went off in a garden in Maadi district southeastern the capital Cairo, the interior ministry said in a statement. [Photo: Xinhua]

There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause of the explosion was not immediately known.

Egypt has been battling wave of anti-security attacks, mostly centered in Sinai since the ouster of the Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Few attacks crept into the capital and other cities.