Riyadh condemns suicide attack on Egypt police

Saudi Arabia condemned on Friday a terrorist explosion that killed six Egyptian policemen and wounded three.
The bombing, on a road leading to the Giza pyramids and on a wide avenue often used by tour buses, hit a police checkpoint, smashing several cars and blowing the windows out of police SUVs. Gravel, debris, and leaves littered the ground, as investigators inspected the area and masked troops stood guard with automatic weapons.
A Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement that the Kingdom offers condolences to the families of the victims and wishes the injured a speedy recovery.
State-run news agency MENA said the blast targeted security forces but did not elaborate on what caused the explosion. A security official said that two bombs placed in the area exploded during a security patrol.
A shadowy group called Hasm, or “Decisiveness,” which the government suspects is linked to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Friday’s attack was the deadliest in Cairo since May, when gunmen opened fire on a microbus filled with plainclothes police in the suburb of Helwan, killing eight of them.

Source: Arab News