Egypt’s public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, officials say.
Mr Barakat died of his wounds in hospital after the bombing in the suburb of Heliopolis, a government spokesman told the BBC.
State media said that at least eight others were also hurt in the attack.
Mr Barakat has sent thousands of Islamists for trial since the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Credit: BBC.com
