Security and Crime

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  • Armed Forces denounce terrorist act

    Date: 2016-12-11 14:12:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:6126825

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - The Armed Forces strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Boutroseya Church next to the St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasseya Sunday morning. Military Spokesman Brg. Mohamed Samir said in a statement the Armed Forces ....

  • Coptic church condemns Abbasia terrorist attack

    Date: 2016-12-11 13:35:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6126149

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - The Orthodox Coptic church has condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in the precincts of the Abbasia-based Cathedral. In a statement, the church said one of our old churches, the Botroseya Church has come under a cowardly and ....

  • Prime minister cancels official celebrations in solidarity with victims

    Date: 2016-12-11 13:23:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:6126509

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has ordered the cancellation of all official celebrations in solidarity with the families of the martyrs and the injured and expressed deep condolences to their families. A statement released by ....

  • Interior minister condoles with families of Church martyrs

    Date: 2016-12-11 13:19:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:6126213

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims of the Botroseya (St Peter and St Paul) Church blast and reassured them that the criminals will be soon arrested. This came in ....

  • Perpetrators of Boutroseya Church blast will not escape punishment - Cairo Security Chief

    Date: 2016-12-11 12:55:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:6125701

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - The criminals involved in the blast that rocked the Boutroseya Coptic Orthodox Church earlier Sunday will not escape punishment, Cairo Security Chief Khaled Abdel Aal said. In statements to MENA at the scene, Abdel Aal said ....

  • Prime Minister arrives at blast scene

    Date: 2016-12-11 12:18:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:51 - ID:6125285

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has reached the scene of the blast at the Cathedral in Abbasseya along with Minister of Solidarity Ghada Wali and Health Minister Dr Ahmed Emad el Din Radi. The premier was informed by Interior ....

  • Interior Minister: Search team formed to bring to justice defendants of Boutroseya Church blast

    Date: 2016-12-11 11:45:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:6124889

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar directed on Sunday to form a search team to bring to justice the defendants concerning the terror attack that targeted El Boutroseya Coptic Orthodox Church this morning. Earlier, the ....

  • Cathedral surveillance cameras seized

    Date: 2016-12-11 11:22:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:6125097

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Counselor Nabil Ahmed Sadek has ordered seizing surveillance cameras fixed inside and outside the Botrosiya Church and St Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya and assigned the national security bodies ....

  • Police evacuate area around Boutrosiya Church after blast

    Date: 2016-12-11 11:19:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:41 - ID:6124985

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Security bodies of the Cairo Security Directorate on Sunday evacuated the outskirts of the St Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya following the bomb blast that targeted the nearby Boutrosiya Church leaving at least 25 ....

  • Number of injured in Church blast rises to 49: Health

    Date: 2016-12-11 11:12:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:6125093

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - The number of injured in the blast that occurred inside the Boutrosiya Church in Abbasiya earlier Sunday rose to 49, according to Health Minister Adviser Dr Sherif Wadie. More than 25 ambulances are present in the vicinity ....

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