PHOTOS: 4 Dead, 50 Wounded In Suicide Bomber Attack In Cairo

A suicide car bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of a top security compound in central Cairo on Friday, killing at least four people in one of the most high-profile attacks on the state in months, security sources said.


The early morning explosion damaged the Cairo Security Directorate, which includes police and state security, and sent smoke rising over the capital, raising concerns that an Islamist insurgency is gathering pace.
Hours after the attack, two more blasts rocked the capital.
A crude explosive device killed one policeman and wounded nine others in another Cairo neighborhood, the Interior Ministry said in a statement

Security sources said a person driving past security vehicles threw a hand grenade in their direction.
In Giza, a large district on the outskirts of Cairo, a third explosion went off near a police station.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The dead from the first blast included three policemen, security sources said. State television quoted the Cairo governor as saying 50 people were wounded.
Reuters witnesses heard gunfire immediately after the blast, which twisted the metal and shattered windows of nearby shops.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came a day before the third anniversary of the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak and raised hopes of a stable democracy in the Arab world’s biggest nation.
Instead, relentless political turmoil and street violence have hit investment and tourism hard.