Story highlights Six other people reported injured in the blast

Killing comes day before second anniversary of protests against ex-President Mohamed Morsy

Cairo (CNN) Egypt's top prosecutor was assassinated Monday morning, dying in an explosion near his home in Cairo, state-run media reported.

The blast targeted the convoy of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat and destroyed several cars in the eastern neighborhood of Heliopolis. Six other people were reported injured.

Initial media reports had called Barakat's injuries grave, but Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar had insisted on state TV that none of the injuries was life-threatening.

Police said they had no details yet on the cause of the explosion.

Just before second anniversary of anti-Morsy protests

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