At least 17 people were injured when a bomb exploded near an Egyptian museum in the Egyptian capital near the capital, Cairo, Egyptian News Agency Street, AFP and Associated Press reported.

Egyptian officials say a bomb blast injured a tourist bus and a personal passenger car that crossed the road and injured the passengers.

There were about 25 people on the tour bus, which were identified as South African tourists and Egyptians.

There were four Egyptian passengers on a private passenger car.

A source said the bombs were located close to the fence near the museum, and the possibility of terrorist bombing is emphasized.

No organization has yet claimed to be behind this case.

The Egyptian Museum, which is in full swing, is aiming to open next year, and the pyramid of Giza, a world-famous tourist attraction, is just 2 km away.

Three Vietnamese tourists and one Egyptian guide were riding on a tourist bus due to a bomb blast on the road near the Pyramids of Giza on December 128 last year, killing 10 people.

A bomb exploded in five months, causing a casualty on the tourist bus, raising tensions over Egypt's tourism industry.

Egypt has seen a sharp recovery since 2017, after the tourism industry has been stagnating for a long time due to terrorism and correction anxiety of Islamic extremist forces since the civil revolution in 2011.

The Egyptian government has recently unearthed and unveiled new artifacts in Sakara, an ancient cemetery site.

The opening of a world-class Egyptian museum is expected to boost tourism.

The Egyptian Antiquities Department is in the process of moving relics from the current Egyptian museum in downtown Cairo to the site of the museum since the summer of 2016.