Bombs, protests hit Egypt in run-up to presidential election

Egyptian security officials inspect a site hit by a bomb attack targeting a traffic security post near a court house in Cairo's Heliopolis district May 2, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper

CAIRO (Reuters) - Two suicide bombings in Egypt's South Sinai killed a soldier and wounded at least eight people and two other bombs killed two people in Cairo on Friday, less than four weeks before a presidential election is due to be held, official sources said.

In other violence in the port city of Alexandria, two people were shot dead when supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi clashed with residents, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.