Blast kills 25 near main cathedral in Cairo

People gather at the site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11 2016 [Ahmed Gamil /Anadolu Agency]

People gather at the site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

People gather at the site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on 11 December 2016 [Ahmed Gamil/Anadolu Agency]

At least 25 people were killed and 31 others injured in an explosion near the main Coptic cathedral in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday, the state television said.

The blast happened outside the Coptic Orthodox Church in central Cairo early Sunday.

Earlier, the Health Ministry said five people had been killed and 10 others injured in the blast.

Ambulances and civil defence teams were seen moving to the site of the explosion.

There was no claim of responsibility for the explosion.

Sunday’s explosion comes two days after six policemen were killed in a bomb blast in the Egyptian capital on Friday.

People gather at the site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

People gather at the site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on 11 December, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil /Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Broken windows are seen after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces at the site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Broken windows are seen after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]

Security forces take security measures at site after an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016 [Ahmed Gamil / Anadolu Agency]