Cairo explosion: at least six injured in bomb attack near security building

Blast happened close to state security building in Egyptian capital in the early hours of Thursday morning, wounding six police officers

A car bomb exploded near a security building in Cairo early on Thursday morning Egypt's interior ministry has said, in the latest of a series of violent attacks that have shaken the capital in recent months.

The blast happened close to the national security agency building in Shubra Al-Khaima, a neighbourhood on the northern edge of the Egyptian capital.