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Cairo Blast Kills French Teen, Injures 17 Schoolmates

Tourists targeted in possible Gaza retaliation

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(Newser) – A French teenager was killed and 17 others in her visiting school group were injured when a bomb tucked beneath a bench exploded in a bustling Cairo bazaar last night, the Times of London reports. Police later dismantled a second device in a souvenir market. Three suspects are in custody. French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed "deep sorrow" for the attack. A Muslim cleric called the attackers traitors who "are distorting Islam's image."

Egyptian police stand guard next to a pool of blood on the ground outside the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following a blast last night.
Egyptian police stand guard next to a pool of blood on the ground outside the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following a blast last night.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri)
Investigators examine devastation left by a bomb in the square outside the Al-Husseini mosque at the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo.
Investigators examine devastation left by a bomb in the square outside the Al-Husseini mosque at the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo.   (AP Photo)
Ambulances arrive to transport injured foreign tourists from the Husseini hospital to the Nasser Institute hospital following a blast at the Khan el-Khalili market.
Ambulances arrive to transport injured foreign tourists from the Husseini hospital to the Nasser Institute hospital following a blast at the Khan el-Khalili market.   (AP Photo)
An unidentified foreign tourist walks past closed souvenir shops in an alleyway behind the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following a blast.
An unidentified foreign tourist walks past closed souvenir shops in an alleyway behind the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following a blast.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri)
An Egyptian plainclothes police officers collects evidence at the scene of a blast outside the Al-Husseini mosque in Cairo.
An Egyptian plainclothes police officers collects evidence at the scene of a blast outside the Al-Husseini mosque in Cairo.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri)
Egyptian police attend the scene outside the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following the blast.
Egyptian police attend the scene outside the Al-Husseini mosque in the Khan el-Khalili market following the blast.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri)
Unidentified foreign tourists leave a restaurant in the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast in Cairo.
Unidentified foreign tourists leave a restaurant in the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast in Cairo.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Egyptian police block the way to the Al-Husseini mosque, minaret pictured in background, in the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast in Cairo.
Egyptian police block the way to the Al-Husseini mosque, minaret pictured in background, in the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast in Cairo.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
An Egyptian boy peers through a police barrier towards the Al-Husseini mosque at the site of a bomb blast yesterday.
An Egyptian boy peers through a police barrier towards the Al-Husseini mosque at the site of a bomb blast yesterday.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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riffran
Feb 23, 09 5:00 AM CST
gee how nice they killed an infidel...........I bet they are sooo proud that a INNOCENT 17 year old girl who did absolutely NOTHING to them, died at their hands....and they say "islam" is a peacefull faith...HA!......despicable bastards, may they rot in whatever hell they beleive in Reply
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