said in a tweet<\/a>, adding that there had been no Italian casualties.<\/p>\nPrime Minister Matteo Renzi spoke to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after the attack and promised the two countries would stand together “in the fight against terrorism and fanaticism”.<\/p>\n
Had it been a working day, the casualty numbers could have been much higher, says the BBC’s Sally Nabil in Cairo.<\/p>\n
The attack raises questions about the security forces’ ability to secure foreign diplomatic missions in the country, our correspondent adds.<\/p>\n
Egypt’s public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, was killed last month by a car bomb attack in the city.<\/p>\n
In the same month, another car bomb targeting a police station left three people dead.<\/p>\n
Egyptian security forces have been battling Islamic militants, but the fighting has been mostly confined to the Sinai Peninsula.<\/p>\n
Militants in Egypt have killed at least 600 police and armed forces personnel in the past two years.<\/p>\n
The militants stepped up their attacks after the military overthrew Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, Mr Sisi has promised to crack down further on Islamist militants.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members, including ousted President Mohammed Morsi, have been sentenced to death by Egypt’s courts.<\/p>\n
The majority remain on death row awaiting execution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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