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  12 killed, 5 hurt in firebomb attack at nightclub in Egypt

12 killed, 5 hurt in firebomb attack at nightclub in Egypt

AP
Published : Dec 4, 2015, 2:01 pm IST
Updated : Dec 4, 2015, 2:01 pm IST

Fire was quickly extinguished and security authorities are investigating the attack.

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Fire was quickly extinguished and security authorities are investigating the attack.

Cairo

: Egypt's state-run news agency says 12 people have been killed and five others wounded in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in Cairo.

MENA quoted an unnamed security official as saying three men on a motorcycle threw Molotov cocktails into the club in the Agouza district early Friday and then fled.

It said the fire was quickly extinguished and security authorities are investigating the attack.

Location: Egypt, Kairo, Cairo