Bomb in north Egypt kills two military academy students
Two students from an Egyptian military academy were killed and six were wounded on Wednesday when a bomb targeting a minibus exploded in the northern city of Kafr al-Sheikh, two health ministry officials said.
While members of Egypt's security forces have regularly been targeted in attacks claimed by Islamist militant groups in a wave of violence since 2013, this appeared to be the first such attack on young students linked to the army.
Egypt is facing an insurgency mainly based in the North Sinai that has killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen since mid-2013, when then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi after protests against his rule.
The bomb exploded as the minibus stopped near the city's stadium, a witness told Reuters by phone. Kafr al-Sheikh is about 130 km (80 miles) north of Cairo in the mostly agricultural Delta region.
