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Hasm claims embassy bombing in Cairo, may be looking to expand

The Hasm movement in Egypt has been behind attacks against figures close to the regime, but since it said it perpetrated the Myanmar Embassy attack in Cairo, authorities are looking at the group's potential to grow.

Ahmad Abd Alhaleim
Ahmad Abd Alhaleim
Oct 13, 2017
Muslim students holds poster near the Myanmar embassy during a protest against the treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority by the Myanmar government, in Jakarta, Indonesia September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta - RC1F13A51BF0
Muslims demonstrated outside the embassies of Myanmar around the world last month to protest the treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority by the Myanmar government; this protest took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 15, 2017. Two weeks later, on Sept. 30, an explosion went off outside Myanmar's Embassy in Cairo. — REUTERS/Beawiharta

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