Egypt public prosecutor dies of wounds sustained in Cairo bomb attack

Crime scene investigators investigate the site of a car bomb attack on the convoy of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat near his house at Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor died from wounds sustained in a bomb attack on Monday that had targeted his convoy in Cairo, state news agency MENA said. Judicial and medical sources also confirmed the report of Hisham Barakat's death to Reuters. (Reporting by Omar Fahmy and Ahmed Hassan; Writing By Shadi Bushra; Editing by Yara Bayoumy)