{"id":21627,"date":"2015-12-04T07:05:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/cairo-restaurant-firebomb-attack-kills-16\/"},"modified":"2015-12-04T07:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T07:04:53","slug":"cairo-restaurant-firebomb-attack-kills-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cairo-restaurant-firebomb-attack-kills-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairo restaurant firebomb attack kills 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant, officials say.
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\nThe attack happened in the Agouza area, in the city centre.<\/p>\n

Egypt’s interior ministry said it appeared to have followed a row between workers and others at the venue, which also housed a nightclub.<\/p>\n

Media reports say three masked men threw the devices into the venue before fleeing.<\/p>\n

The restaurant was in the basement of the building, making it harder for people to escape, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

The victims died from burns or the effects of inhaling smoke, the agency said. At least five other people were injured.
\nAt the scene: Orla Guerin, BBC News<\/p>\n

Police and forensic investigators are still working inside the charred remains of the restaurant on the banks of the Nile.<\/p>\n

When the blaze broke out at around 06:30 local time there was little chance of escape for those inside. The narrow blackened entrance way was the only way out.<\/p>\n

One eyewitness told us firemen were slow to enter the building because they did not know anyone was trapped inside.<\/p>\n

The local chemist told us he saw two men fleeing from the scene on motorbikes. He said initially he thought it was a terrorist attack but then he recalled having seen some of the men outside the restaurant the night before when they were turned away.<\/p>\n

Video shot at the scene by an Egyptian news site showed thick, grey smoke billowing out of a doorway at street level as passersby tried to get close. Flames could be seen inside the entrance, as one man used a fire extinguisher to try to tackle the blaze.<\/p>\n

The victims died from burns or the effects of inhaling smoke, it said. At least five other people were injured.<\/p>\n

Cairo has previously been rocked by a series of attacks on security forces and civilians carried out by suspected Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

An Islamist insurgency intensified in the wake of the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.<\/p>\n

\"Media<\/figure>\n

SOURCE:BBC: [Cairo restaurant firebomb attack kills 16->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-35003967]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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