Bomb kills two in Alexandria ahead of Egypt presidential vote

A bomb placed under a car exploded in Egypt’s second city Alexandria on Saturday, killing two people including a policeman, two days before the country is due to hold a presidential election, according Reuters. Multiple Egyptian sources, citing eyewitnesses, report that the bomb targeted the convoy of the security director of Alexandria, Major General Mustafa Nimr. "On Saturday, March 24, an explosive device planted underneath a car exploded ... as the Alexandria security chief drove by," a spokesperson for the interior ministry said in a statement cited by Reuters.A number of civil protection officers, firefighters, police and emergency services have reportedly arrived at the scene and formed a perimeter around blast site. CAIRO—A powerful explosion rocked the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding four others in an attack targeting a senior security official just days ahead of the country’s presidential election.
A bomb planted beneath a car explodes in Alexandria, Egypt, as a motorcade carrying the city's head of security passes by, killing at least two people.