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		</div><p>An explosion on a main road in Cairo has killed six police and wounded another three in what appears to be the deadliest attack on security forces in Egypt in several months.</p>
<p>The explosion took place near a mosque on Pyramids Road, the main avenue leading from the city centre out to the Giza pyramids, which is often used by tour buses, according to the state-run MENA news agency.</p>
<p>It said the blast targeted security forces, without elaborating on what caused the explosion.</p>
<p>Insurgents have carried out a number of attacks in Egypt since the 2013 military removal of an elected Islamist president.</p>
<p>The violence has been concentrated in the northern Sinai Peninsula, but there have also been several attacks on the mainland, including in the capital.</p>
<p>The bombing appeared to have targeted two police SUVs parked along the road at a mobile checkpoint, according to reports.</p>
<p>The explosion completely destroyed one of the vehicles and severely damaged the other.<br />
Dozens of people gathered at the scene as police cordoned off the area.</p>
<p>It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Egypt since May, when gunmen opened fire on a microbus filled with plain clothes police in the Cairo suburb of Helwan, killing eight of them.</p>
<p>Islamic State, which has a powerful affiliate based in the Sinai, claimed to be behind the attack.</p>
<p>An explosive device struck a police convoy in Cairo in October, killing a pedestrian bystander.</p>
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