Molotov cocktail attack kills 16 at Cairo restaurant and bar

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A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo restaurant and bar on Friday killed at least 16 people, an incident that apparently was not motivated by terrorism.

"Initial information indicated that disagreements between workers at the night club and others caused [the latter] to throw Molotov cocktail at the [...] door," the interior ministry said on its Facebook page, adding that 11 men and five women died in the attack while three people were injured.

Investigations conducted by prosecution later revealed that the perpetrators were two young men who were denied entry by the club's security personnel at the door.

The duo left then came back with a Molotov cocktail. They picked a fight with the door security and then threw the firebomb at the club before fleeing the scene.

The prosecution ordered that the victims' bodies be transferred to the Zeinhom morgue for DNA tests, as some of them cannot be indentified due to severe burns. Those injured have been hospitalised.

A security source who spoke on condition of anonymity told Al-Ahram that one of the assailants has been identified.

The attack was initially thought to be an act of terrorism, as Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for a number of bombings and shootings in Egypt, mostly in North Sinai, which have targeted security forces over the past two years.

Islamist militancy has spiked since the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/172543.aspx