A bomb blast killed two people Sunday in Aswan, the first such attack in the Egyptian tourist town since a wave of violence following the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, police said.
The explosion, caused by a device placed near a police station in the southern town, also wounded five people including a policeman, according to the same source.
Aswan is one of two main tourist towns in Upper Egypt, along with Luxor.
Most of the violence has targeted the Sinai Peninsula, where the army has deployed troops and armour to fight an Islamist insurgency, but it has also hit the capital and northern Egypt.
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It says the attacks are in retaliation for a brutal government crackdown against Morsi supporters that has left hundreds dead and thousands jailed.
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