DHAKA: A police brigadier-general has been killed in a twin bomb blast near Cairo University.

Egyptian state media say, reports the BBC.

Four others were also injured in the attack, the health ministry confirmed.

The explosives were planted next to a police post, officials at the scene said. No group has so far said it carried out the bombings.

Egypt has witnessed several attacks against government targets by militant groups, following the ousting of the Muslim Brotherhood in July.

BDST: 1912 HRS, APR 02, 2014