Security and Crime

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  • 16 policemen killed, 13 others wounded while raiding terror hideout in Giza's Wahat

    Date: 2017-10-22 13:14:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:7051170

    CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said Saturday that 16 policemen were killed and 13 others wounded while raiding a terrorist hideout in Giza's el Wahat district on Friday. In a statement, the ministry explained that the operation was ....

  • Alleged records on Wahat attack unfounded -- Interior Ministry

    Date: 2017-10-22 07:39:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:9 - ID:7051756

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry dismissed audio records aired by TV channels on a terrorist attack that occurred on Al Wahat road, near Giza. "The records are categorically unfounded and meant to raise confusion on the truth of the ....

  • Interior min. allows 21 Egyptians to obtain foreign nationalities

    Date: 2017-10-21 11:42:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:7050761

    CAIRO, Oct 21 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar allowed 21 Egyptians to obtain foreign nationalities, while retaining their Egyptian nationality. The decision was published in the gazette on Saturday. (MENA) M N E/ ....

  • 3 policemen killed, 8 wounded in shootout with terrorists in Giza

    Date: 2017-10-20 16:41:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:7049655

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) – Three policemen were killed and eight others wounded in a shootout with a number of terrorists in Giza on Friday, a security source said. "The national security sector has received information that a number of wanted ....

  • Aides to interior min. attend closing session of educational course in Minya

    Date: 2017-10-20 15:30:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7049487

    MINYA, Egypt, Oct 20 (MENA) - Major Generals Mohamed el Kholisy and Mamdouh Habib, two aides to Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, attended on Friday the closing session of the 47th educational course held at the Civil Protection Department in ....

  • N. Sinai governor visits Arish terror attack victims

    Date: 2017-10-17 21:27:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:94 - ID:7044947

    ARISH, Egypt, Oct 17 (MENA) – North Sinai Governor Maj. General Abdel Fattah Harhour visited a hospital Tuesday in Al Arish city where a number of victims from terror attacks were recovering. The governor comforted many of the victims who were ....

  • Interior minister urges aides to double efforts to maintain security

    Date: 2017-10-17 20:14:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:89 - ID:7044972

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar called on security agencies to be on high alert and double efforts in pursuit of dangerous criminals who intimidate citizens. Abdel Ghaffar made the call during his meeting on Tuesday ....

  • ‘Hundreds of Russians’ who fought alongside extremists killed in hot spots

    Date: 2017-10-17 12:59:23 GMT - Russia - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:7044164

    MOSCOW, Oct 17 (MENA) - Hundreds of Russians who fought abroad on the side of illegal armed groups were killed in combat operations, the head of the Russian Interior Ministry’s main department for countering extremism said, Russia Today reported ....

  • Toll from Afghanistan attack rises: 52 killed, wounded

    Date: 2017-10-17 09:56:38 GMT - Afghanistan - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:7043682

    KABUL, Oct 17 (MENA) - The death toll from Taliban attack on a police training center in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province in the east of Afghanistan rose to 12 with about 40 injured, Afghan officials said on Tuesday. A suicide bomber ....

  • Three policemen, one civilian killed while foiling terrorist attack in Arish

    Date: 2017-10-16 13:50:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:7042452

    CAIRO, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior said the that three policemen and one civilian were killed while trying to abort a terrorist attack on the banks' area in Arish. In a statement Monday, it said a group of terrorist elements ....

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