Blast hits Italian consulate in Egypt, killing 1

A car bomb outside Italy's consulate in Cairo yesterday killed one person, the first attack on a foreign mission since jihadists began a campaign against Egypt's security forces two years ago. The early morning explosion was heard across the city and wrecked the facade of the building, part of a large complex that also includes a social club and a school. Islamic State Group claimed responsibility for the attack on the consulate, closed for the weekend and located near the prosecutor's office and supreme court in central Cairo.