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Bomb kills two Vietnamese tourists, guide near Egypt pyramids

Two Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide are dead after a bomb detonated outside Cairo.

bomb explosion, near Mariottia Corridor, Giza, Egypt

Security personnel inspect the scene of a bomb explosion, near Mariottia Corridor, Giza, Egypt, 28 December 2018. Source: AAP

Two Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said.

An interior ministry statement said 10 other tourists from Vietnam and the Egyptian bus driver were wounded when the homemade device exploded at 6:15 pm (1645 GMT).

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