CAIRO, Dec 4 (Aswat Masriya) - A police officer was injured on Thursday when a bomb went off in the vicinity of Cairo's Ain Shams University, head of the general administration for civil protection said.

The officer sustained injuries to his face and the rest of his body while attempting to defuse a bomb planted by unidentified persons. He was transferred to the Ain Shams specialised hospital.

The academic year has witnessed violence since its start on October 11.

Repeated attacks have targeted army and police officials since Mursi's ouster last year.

A fact-sheet prepared by Egypt's ministry of foreign affairs put the death toll for terrorism acts which took place since January 2011 and until April 2014 at 971, including 664 security personnel. The number of casualties significantly rose since then.