Cairo visitors advised to stay inside
The Foreign Office is advising visitors to Cairo to stay inside "for the time being" following explosions in the capital.
At least 40 people died on Friday and Saturday following protests in Cairo, Alexandria and Fayoum.
There were four explosions in Cairo on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the 2011 revolution, one in the down town area, two in Giza and one in Dokki, causing at least five deaths and injuring more than 70 people.
On Saturday there was one explosion in the Ain Shams area of Cairo and in Suez an explosion followed by an armed attack that resulted in 16 people being injured.
The Foreign Office updated its advice saying that some westerners, including British Nationals, had been singled out.
It said: "In Cairo you are strongly advised to avoid going outside for the time being.
"At protests on 24 and 25 January westerners, including British Nationals, were singled out and attacked by some protestors."
Tour operators have said they will be monitoring Foreign Office advice.
Explore’s sales director Carl Burrows said the travel firm had no immediate plans to postpone or curtail trips.
The tour operator has its first tours leaving for Egypt in April – which will include Cairo – having given itself some ‘breathing space’ since the Foreign Office advice against travel to parts of Egypt was lifted.
Burrows said: "We wanted to give it a bit more time to stabilise."
Jono Vernon-Powell from Nomadic Thoughts, said that the company would continue to monitor Foreign Office advice.
He said: "We have great local people on the ground and we trust their judgement. They wouldn’t and we wouldn’t be sending clients where there are political rallies and protests."
On the Go Tours told TravelMole on Friday that it was business as usual in the capital, with clients continuing their trips as planned.
The UK Minister for the Middle East Hugh Robertson said: "The UK condemns the large-scale violence in Cairo and other parts of Egypt on 25 January that has resulted in the deaths of 49 protesters. We call on all sides to act proportionately at all times."
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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