A car bomb exploded in the busy district of Nasr city targeting Ahmed Abu El-Fotouh, one of the judges trying Morsi in "Ittihadeya case", in which Morsi got 20 years in prison recently, they said.
Abu el-Fotouh, who was also trying Muslim Brotherhood supporters in another case, survived the attack and no injuries have been reported, the sources added.
A bomb defusing team rushed to the area of the explosion for investigations.
Since the 2011 revolution that topped ex-president Hosni Mubarak, North Sinai, which is the base of a number of extremist outlaw groups, became the main stage of many violent attacks by hardline 'takfiri' gunmen.
The attacks increased after the ouster of Islamist president Morsi in 2013 following massive protests against his rule.
Over 700 security personnel have been reported killed since then.
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