Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said he survived an assassination attempt Thursday when a bomb targeted his convoy near his house on a Cairo street

Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said he survived an assassination attempt Thursday when a bomb targeted his convoy near his house on a Cairo street.
  
Security officials said a car bomb struck the minister's convoy around 10:30 am (0830 GMT) near his home in the Nasr City area, in the first such attack in Cairo in years.
  
An interior ministry statement said Ibrahim's convoy was targeted by a "bomb," without providing further details. Ibrahim emerged on state television shortly after the attack to condemn the "cowardly assassination attempt". He said his convoy was targeted by "a bomb that exploded at a distance" wounding "many guards".
  
An official in the health ministry said seven people were wounded in the blast, while an interior ministry official said four policemen were injured, including a policeman who lost his leg in the explosion.
  
State news agency MENA said police immediately closed all access roads to the interior ministry located in central Cairo.