Explosion hits tourist bus near Cairo, 14 injured: state media

An explosion hit on Sunday a tourist bus near the Grand Egyptian Museum near the capital Cairo, injuring 14 people, official Ahram Online news website reported.

However, the number of the injured has not been announced by the Egyptian authorities.

The picture taken on October 2, 2018, shows a view of the pyramid of Khafre (L) and the Great Pyramid of Khufu on the Giza Plateau, on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. [File photo: AFP]

State-run Nile TV said the blast damaged the glass windows of a civilian car and the bus, which carried 25 tourists from South Africa.

Egypt has been fighting against a wave of terror activities that killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers since the military toppled former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group.

Terror attacks in Egypt had mainly targeted police and military personnel in North Sinai before spreading nationwide and targeting the Coptic Christian minority as well, leaving dozens of them dead.

Most of the attacks were claimed by a Sinai-based group loyal to the Islamic State extremist group.