Bomb goes off near a police station in central Cairo

Health Ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahed said two people were wounded in the explosion, which occurred behind the Ezbakia police station in the Ramsis Square, state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported online.

Egyptian television, citing an unnamed security official, said that the blast damaged a police car and a motorcycle.

No-one has claimed responsibility. The blast occurred less than two weeks before the country’s parliamentary elections.

Egypt has seen a spate of militant attacks targeting security forces and facilities since the army’s 2013 overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi following massive street protests against his rule.