DHAKA: Egyptian military engineers defused on Saturday mortar rounds rigged to explode on a railroad linking the canal cities of Ismailiya and Suez, security officials said.

Police called in the military experts after residents of a village near the railroad spotted the bomb, the officials said, reports The Straits Times.

The officials said the two mortar rounds and a rocket-propelled grenade attached to a fuse appeared to have been intended for a 6am train.

The discovery of the bomb comes after a powerful explosion targeted Egypt interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim as he left his house for work on Thursday.

BDST: 1734 HRS, SEPT 07, 2013
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