Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim survived an apparent assassination attempt Thursday when a bomb blast rocked his convoy. Ibrahim has helped oversee the bloody crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, which has killed more than 1,000 people. Ibrahim condemned the attack against him.

Mohammed Ibrahim: “All I can do is thank God. It was a vile attempt. The forensics lab informed me that it was a large bomb which was set off from afar, and they targeted the exact timing of my convoy passing through that street because all of the explosion debris is directed at my car. They destroyed my four security vehicles, and many shops in the area were also destroyed. Civilians’ cars were destroyed. A small child had his leg injured. A police officer is in critical condition, and there was another with a leg injury. There were many other injuries in my security team.”