Cairo Blast Targets French Tourists, Kills 1 Wounds 20

by Benjamin Domenech on 12:10 am February 23, 2009

Crowded square of a popular bazaar in Cairo is hit by explosion as tourists gather to watch a soccer match, killing a 17 year old French girl on holiday. It marks the first fatal attack in three years, and is almost certainly retribution against Egypt for helping Israel enforce a blockade of the Gaza Strip.