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Egypt’s Top Prosecutor Dies After Bomb Attack

© 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
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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
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.

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

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