An explosion in Egypt killed six people, including three police officers and a civilian who was passing by, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.
The explosion in Giza, Egypt’s third-largest city, occurred after a joint police force raid at an apartment where members of the “terrorist Muslim Brotherhood” group made and stored explosives and IEDs, the ministry said in a statement.
“As the explosive expert was working on one of these explosives to secure the apartment, a booby trap blew up,” killing three police officers and a citizen passing by, the ministry said.
Two unidentified bodies were found and 13 people were injured, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, state-run news outlet Ahram Online said the blast killed 10 people — seven policemen and three civilians.
Lt. Col. Mohamed Amin, the head of investigations department at the Haram police station, was among those injured, Ahram Online said.