Bomb kills cop in Egypt ahead of election

A policeman was killed in a bomb attack yesterday targeting the security chief of Egypt's Alexandria, officials said, two days before the start of presidential election.

The car bomb, which exploded near a convoy transporting General Mostafa el-Nemr through a residential area of the Mediterranean city, also wounded four others, the government press office said.

Nemr was not among the casualties, his office said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which came ahead of Egypt's presidential election starting Monday, in which incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a second term in office.