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		</div><p>A group claiming to be terrorist organisation Islamic State in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a car bomb at the Italian Consulate in Cairo, Egypt, which killed one person.</p>
<p>The powerful blast on Saturday morning marked the most significant attack yet on foreign interests as militants target Egypt’s security forces.</p>
<p>The Islamic State in Egypt said it was responsible in a message circulated on social media. But the authenticity of the claim could not be immediately verified although it was distributed by known militant sympathisers.</p>
<p>Egypt faces threats from many groups, including the Islamic State affiliate in Sinai which the military says killed at least 17 soldiers in a recent assault there. Security officials from several branches of Egypt’s security forces previously said the attack killed dozens more.</p>
<p>The bomb exploded in a side street in central Cairo near the building’s back entrance and a busy highway overpass at around 6.30am local time (0430 GMT). Italian authorities said the consulate was closed at the time and none of its workers were injured.</p>
<p>The blast killed an Egyptian passer-by and wounded eight other people, one of whom is still in hospital.</p>
<p>Italian Premier Matteo Renzi spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi after the attack, saying in a statement: “We will not leave Egypt alone: Italy and Egypt are and will always be together in the fight against terrorism.”</p>
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