Bomb blast goes off in down town Cairo

A homemade bomb went off Friday in Cairo's Abdel Moneim Riad Square in downtown, head of Cairo investigations Mohamed Qassem said.

An unknown person threw the bomb from 6 October bridge, Qassem added.

Six people were injured earlier after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Nile Delta province of Sharkiya, a security source said.