Egypt blast kills soldiers at military base amid media blackout

Egypt blast kills soldiers at military base amid media blackout

A powerful explosion at a military base near Cairo has killed several Egyptian soldiers, while another fatal accident elsewhere claimed the lives of five schoolchildren in Upper Egypt. The armed forces have remained tight-lipped over the Monday explosion inside a weapons and ammunition workshop at the Huckstep military base, east of Cairo. On Tuesday, residents of the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt provinces buried the bodies of five officers and co…