Egypt's interior minister, Mohammed Ibrahim survived a bomb attack on his motorcade in Cairo's eastern Nasr City district on Thursday, security officials and state television said.

Ibrahim survived the attack, but at least 22 people were wounded, including two policemen and a child seriously. There were no fatalities.

Moments after the attack, a clearly shaken but unscathed Ibrahim appeared on state television and said that his car, a black SUV, was directly hit by a "large-size explosive device" that badly damaged it along with four other vehicles in the convoy.

"It was a heinous (assassination) attempt," he later told reporters at the Interior Ministry in central Cairo. The explosive device, he added, likely was detonated by remote control. His comments were carried live on state television.

"Even if I am martyred, another minister of interior will come and continue the war on the evil terror until we secure the country," Ibrahim said.

Nasr City is a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which ousted President Mohammed Morsi hails. It was also the site of a sit-in protest by his supporters that was stormed by police on Aug. 14, killing hundreds.

Thursday's attack marked the first time a senior government official has been targeted since the coup that toppled the ousted president.

http://www.infonubia.com/2013/09/egypt-interior-minister-mohammed.html

Muslim brotherhood at it again

At this rate, will Egyptians ever get what they want?