Cairo was hit by two blasts late Monday evening following a deadly explosion earlier in downtown, as the city sees a spike in bomb attacks over the past few days. 

 

At 9:30pm, a sound bomb detonated outside Al-Nozha police station in Cairo’s upper middle class neighbourhood of Heliopolis, the interior ministry said.

 

No casualties were reported. 

 

Later that evening, the ministry announced another explosion caused by an improvised explosive device in Al-Maadi district, destroying two cars. 

 

Security sources told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that bombs were planted beneath cars owned by policemen of Zahraa Al-Maadi police station.

 

No casualties were reported. 

 

Meanwhile, another bomb was found and defused on Street 90, a vital route in the upper-class Fifth Settlement suburb, east of Cairo. 

 

Earlier on Monday two people were killed - both civilians - and nine injured when a bomb exploded outside the High Court complex in downtown Cairo. 

 

Egypt has recently seen a spike in bombings in civilian areas after months of Islamist militants focusing on targetting police and army personnel and facilities.

 

Five bombs went off also in different parts of greater Cairo last Thursday killing one civilian and injuring at least nine people.