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Bomb hurled at Cairo synagogue
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February 22, 2010, Monday
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A MAN hurled a suitcase containing a makeshift bomb at Cairo's main downtown synagogue in the early hours of yesterday, but there were no injuries or damage, police said.
According to the police report, the man entered a hotel on the fourth floor of a building across from the synagogue at around 3am and, as he was checking in, abruptly threw his suitcase out of the window.
The case contained four containers of gasoline each attached to a glass bottle of sulfuric acid meant to shatter on impact and ignite the makeshift bomb, said police.
The bag, which also contained clothes, cotton strips, matches and a lighter, fell onto the sidewalk in front of the hotel and briefly caught fire before being extinguished.
The suspect fled the scene and is being sought by police.
Egypt's once thriving Jewish community largely left the country 50 years ago during hostilities between Egypt and Israel, but a number of heavily guarded synagogues remain.
Services at the synagogue are sometimes attended by Israeli diplomats.
According to the police report, the man entered a hotel on the fourth floor of a building across from the synagogue at around 3am and, as he was checking in, abruptly threw his suitcase out of the window.
The case contained four containers of gasoline each attached to a glass bottle of sulfuric acid meant to shatter on impact and ignite the makeshift bomb, said police.
The bag, which also contained clothes, cotton strips, matches and a lighter, fell onto the sidewalk in front of the hotel and briefly caught fire before being extinguished.
The suspect fled the scene and is being sought by police.
Egypt's once thriving Jewish community largely left the country 50 years ago during hostilities between Egypt and Israel, but a number of heavily guarded synagogues remain.
Services at the synagogue are sometimes attended by Israeli diplomats.
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