DHAKA: At least 14 people were killed Tuesday night when two explosions hit an Interior Ministry building in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, according to media reports from Egypt.

Al Ahram, a semi-official news agency, reported that Health Ministry officials said 130 people also were wounded.

Among the people injured is the head of the security directorate of Dakahlia governorate, state-news agency MENA added, citing Health Ministry officials. Part of the building collapsed after the explosion, MENA said.

One blast occurred on one of the top floors of the building and was followed by a car bomb, MENA reported.

Egypt`s interim Prime Minister Hazem al Beblawi called it a terrorist incident and said the perpetrators will not go unpunished.

Without directly blaming the Muslim Brotherhood, the party that backs ousted President Mohamed Morsy, for Tuesday`s attack, he called that party a terrorist group in his statement to the nation.

The Muslim Brotherhood tweeted Tuesday that it "strongly condemn(ed) the cowardly bombing in #Mansoura & express deep condolences to families of the victims #Egypt."

An Egyptian court in September ordered a ban on activities by the Muslim Brotherhood and froze its finances, in a move that diminished its political power.

Source: CNN
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