Two bombs explode at hotel housing election judges in Egypt- state TV

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks


November 24, 2015
Soldiers stand guard outside a school being used as a polling station after they closed during the second round of parliamentary election in Toukh, El-Kalubia governorate, northeast of Cairo, Egypt, November 23, 2015, on the final day of voting in Egypt's two-phase parliamentary elections. Egyptians voted on Sunday in the second phase of elections that are meant to restore parliament after a more than three-year hiatus but which critics say have been undermined by widespread repression. PHOTO: REUTERS

Two bombs exploded outside a hotel in Egypt housing election judges on Tuesday, killing at least one person, state television reported.

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The blasts in the city of al-Arish came a day after the second round of a parliamentary election closed.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

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