International Online Report (China Radio International reporter Zhang Yifu): On the 24th local time, a car bomb exploded in Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, which has killed at least one person and injured four others.
According to information from the Egyptian security department, the target of this attack was Mustafa Nimr, the head of the Alexandria security department. It is understood that the improvised bomb that exploded was placed in a car when Mustafa Nimir passed by. , the bomb exploded, killing one policeman and injuring four others, but Mustafa Nimir himself was unharmed. The official survived an attack on him in 2016.
The explosion on the 24th occurred on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election voting. According to the schedule, Egyptian voters will vote from March 26 to 28. There are two candidates, current President Sisi and Tomorrow Party Chairman Moussa Mustafa Moussa.
In April 2017, a bomb attack also occurred at an Orthodox Coptic church in Alexandria, resulting in the tragedy of 18 deaths.
On February 9 this year, the Egyptian military announced a large-scale anti-terrorism operation called “Sinai 2018”, aiming to eliminate terrorists and extremists in the Sinai Peninsula and other places. Egypt officially announced that more than 150 terrorists have been eliminated in operations so far.
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