Egypt: MB affiliate 'Hasm' claims Bahtim blast

Cairo - Muslim-Brothers affiliated military group has claimed responsibility for Sunday explosion in Bahtim, Northern Egypt.

The armed radical Islamist Hassm (Determination) movement announced its responsibility on a press release on its website.  The blast targeted a security patrol last Sunday,  with no casualties reported.

In the statement it issued on Monday, Hassm claimed that its explosives division placed “a highly explosive device at the entrance to Bahtim on the Ring Road,” targeting a security patrol of “the military occupation’s Interior Ministry” on March 26.

Hassm claimed that the blast left five security forces “seriously injured and destroyed a government vehicle.