Dozens of people were killed when a car exploded in central Cairo

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced the deaths of 19 people and more than 30 injured in a collision between several cars, causing an explosion in the vicinity of the Manial Institute of Oncology, in the center of the city. Cairo, noting that the wounded are being treated in several hospitals.

Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said the injuries were extremely serious to moderate and 54 patients had been evacuated and transferred to other centers.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that "if the speed of the (private) vehicle was accidentally reversed on Corniche Street in front of the Oncology Department of the Sayeda Zeinab Police Department, it would enter collision with three cars, which caused an explosion as a result of the collision.

The Egyptian Attorney General ordered the opening of an investigation into the causes of the incident and ordered a team of prosecutors to go to the scene to clarify the reasons, but no official statement was made. Indicates that the explosion was caused by an attack.

Videos from the island showed fire trucks trying to control a huge fire. He also showed a number of private cars damaged by the blast.

The sources of the island have confirmed the arrival of a team of prosecutors, experts from the criminal laboratory and explosive men in the area of ​​the explosion.