Two Egyptian policemen have been killed and 11 other civilians have been wounded 11 in a bomb explosion on a train at a station in the Nile Delta province of Menufia on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.
The bomb exploded as policemen were inspecting it after the train arrived in the Menufiya province north of Cairo and was stopped at a station, the officials told AlJazeera.com.
About an hour later, another bomb went off in the Cairo metro station, this one smaller, according to the AP. The smaller bomb still wounded three people.
The bomb exploded as police evacuated passengers from the carriage, also wounding [eight] people, state television reported, Al-Jazeera reported. (There are conflicting reports.)
Since July 2013, when the army ousted elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi following mass protests and a crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt has faced a rising Islamist insurgency, the AP reported. Since Morsi's ouster in July last year, the violence has escalated.
Most of the Islamist militants are in the Sinai Peninsula area, according to the AP.
Last month, more than 33 soldiers were killed near the Gaza Strip border, an area that "belongs" to the Islamist militants, the AP reported. That part of the border is also used to smuggle in weapons and fighters.
Though there were no immediate claims for Wednesday or Thursdays attacks, they bombs are associated with Islamic militants fighting the government, according to the AP.
