Man blows himself up in old part of Egyptian capital - newspapers, resident

A man blew himself up in the ancient Islamic quarter of the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday evening, two local newspapers and a resident reported on social media, without saying whether there were any casualties.

The Arabic language El-Watan and Shorouk newspaper quoted security sources as saying the explosion occurred in the El-Darb El-Ahmar district near the al-Azhar mosque. (Writing by Sami Aboudi Editing by Mark Heinrich)