A senior Egyptian judicial official today survived an assassination bid when a car bomb went off near his house here, injuring three persons.
The bomb exploded in New Cairo, eastern suburb of Cairo, injuring two civilians and a policeman, security officials said.
The explosion took place only 200 meters from the vila of General Prosecuter's assistant Zakaria Abdel Aziz.
The bomb was targeted at Aziz and was described by officials as an assassination attempt.
The bomb disposal team immediately reached the site of the explosion to search for any more bombs.
The injured were transferred to hospital and were said to be in a critical condition.
Egypt has witnessed a series of terrorist attacks that targeted policemen, judges and military personnel in different parts of the country.
The attacks began after the 2011 revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak and increased after the removal of Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi.
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