Writing Assignment #1 (part 2)

A bombing in Cairo this past Sunday left many injured and one Frenchwoman dead. No one has admitted to being responsible, but the police have detained three people as suspects. Attacks have been made in this area for a few years now.

If these attacks have been going on for so long I don't understand how the authorities don't have leads or more suspicions as to who is responsible for them. How many people need to be injured, or worse, before a serious investigation takes place? I don't know the full background, so i can't judge too harshly, but the article does not list reference of any previous suspicions prior to this attack. I can only assume by the lack of arrests that any investigations thus far haven't been incredibly successful.

Perhaps the top tourist locations that are the targets of these attacks should have more/better security because of the incidents that have occured. It is a short article so there isn't much to go off of. In summary, higher security in the previously targetted areas, and areas of high tourism that have yet to be attacked, may be a good idea.

Writing Assignment #1

A Frenchwoman was killed, with 20 others injured, in a bombing in Cairo on Sunday. The attack was made on a heavy tourist area. The scene of the attack was Hussein Square; a busy tourist spot Problems in the described area, large and small, have been going on since 2005. The last attack that took place in that exact location occured in April of 2005.

Witnesses claim there was a loud noise and then chaos when everyone dispersed in different directions. A doctor stated that the majority of the injuries are minor, with the exception of a young boy in critical condition. It looks like two bombs were thrown into the area but only one went off. Police aren't exact on who is responsible but have detained three suspects.

So far that is all of the information given in reference to this specific event. The article ran in the New York Times on February 23.