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Egypt’s Top Prosecutor Dies After Bomb Attack

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The prosecutor's motorcade was attacked earlier on Monday in Cairo. 29.06.2015, Sputnik International

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Egypt’s Top Prosecutor Dies After Bomb Attack

13:17 GMT 29.06.2015 (Updated: 13:58 GMT 29.06.2015)

© REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El GhanyPolicemen and army forces are seen at the site of a car bomb attack on the convoy of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat near his house at Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt

Policemen and army forces are seen at the site of a car bomb attack on the convoy of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat near his house at Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt - Sputnik International

The prosecutor's motorcade was attacked earlier on Monday in Cairo.

Egyptian police. File photo - Sputnik International

Egyptian Prosecutor General Injured in Explosion in Cairo

29 June 2015, 08:48 GMT

CAIRO (Sputnik) — Egypt's Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat died from his injuries after a bomb attack earlier on Monday, Ahram Online reported citing medical sources.

Egyptian media reported earlier in the day an explosion in the Heliopolis region of Cairo, targeting the prosecutor's motorcade.

#Egypt: Aftermath of bomb attack near attorney general's #Cairo home — photo via @Piratejacksparo pic.twitter.com/vYO9ykpGs7
— Reem Abdellatif (@Reem_Abdellatif) 29 июня 2015

@Reem_Abdellatif @PatrickKingsley @Piratejacksparo pic.twitter.com/4ezyRs6G1x
— Alan R Adair (@RadarRadar) 29 июня 2015

The slain prosecutor was the top Egyptian official assassinated since the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.