Egypt's Ministry of Religious Endowments (awqaf) in Cairo's downtown district evacuated its employees on Wednesday afternoon following reports that two bombs had been planted inside the building, Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website has reported.

The interior ministry has dispatched police armed with sniffer dogs to inspect the building, while ambulances remain stationed outside ministry premises.

As of 5:30pm, police were still in the process inspecting the building.