Egypt's Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt

Security personnel gather at a site of an explosion near the convoy of the Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, Cairo, Sept. 5, 2013.

Security personnel gather at a site of an explosion near the convoy of the Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, Cairo, Sept. 5, 2013.

People gather at a site of an explosion near the convoy of the Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, Cairo, Sept. 5, 2013.

In this image from Egyptian State Television, Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim responds to a reporter after an explosion near his convoy in Cairo, Sept. 5, 2013.