Alexandria's security chief Major General Mostafa al-Nemr escaped an assassination attempt after a car bomb exploded in Egypt's second city on Saturday.
"On Saturday March 24 an explosive device planted underneath a car exploded ... as the Alexandria security chief drove by," the interior ministry said in a statement.
Two people, including a policeman, were killed, and four others were wounded in the blast in the district of Roshdi, state news agency MENA reported.
Photos on social media that Reuters could not independently verify showed a burnt out car and smoke at the site of the blast.
Eyewitnesses said police and military personnel had formed a perimeter around the site of the explosion, which took place two days before the country is due to hold a presidential election.
The blast also came during a wide-scale security campaign targeting Imilitants in the restive north Sinai Peninsula and other areas.
