Egypt: Interior minister survives bomb attack

Egypt: Interior minister survives bomb attack

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt’s interior minister escaped an assassination attempt today when a suspected car bomb struck his convoy in a Cairo neighborhood, in the first attack on a senior government official since the country’s Islamist president was toppled in a coup two months ago. The assassination attempt against Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police force, fueled concerns over a possible wave of violence in retaliation for the July 3 ouster of Mohammed Morsi and the ensuing crackdown on Islamists.