ISIS Claims Responsibility For Blast At Italian Consulate In Cairo

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a large car bomb Saturday that destroyed the building housing Italy's consulate in downtown Cairo, killing at least one person and injuring eight others, Egyptian officials said.
The terror network, in a statement verified by global security firm and NBC News consultant Flashpoint Intelligence, said that its operatives detonated the vehicle with 450 kilograms of explosives.


Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni confirmed the attack on Twitter.
"Our Cairo consulate has been bombed. There were no Italian victims. We stand close to the people affected and to the staff. Italy will not be intimidated," he wrote.