Security and Crime

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  • Gas leak behind blast sound in Darb el Ahmar - ministry

    Date: 2016-08-07 12:23:26 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:5386637

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - A gas leakage was behind the sound of a blast heard by residents of Darb el Ahmar district early Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. A gas leakage was reported on the third floor of an apartment building that caused a blast ....

  • Infiltration attempt by 47 people into Libya foiled

    Date: 2016-08-07 06:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:5385361

    MARSA MATROUH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Matrouh security bodies foiled an attempt by 47 people, including six foreigners, to infiltrate into Libya via Salloum. The infiltrators include 12 from Assiut, 11 from Minya, seven from Fayyoum, five from Giza, three ....

  • Belgian police officers injured in machete attack

    Date: 2016-08-06 18:30:05 GMT - Belgium - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:5384481

    BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (MENA) – Two policewomen were attacked and wounded with a machete by an attacker who shouted “Allahu Akbar” outside a police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, The Telegraph reported. The attacker was shot by a ....

  • Cairo court to consider possible pre-trial freeze on wheat case defendants' assets

    Date: 2016-08-06 18:03:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:5383885

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court will consider Sunday a demand submitted by the Prosecutor General to impose a pre-trial freeze on the assets of 15 defendants charged with wheat procurement corruption. The prosecution investigations ....

  • Former mufti survives attempt on life

    Date: 2016-08-05 11:45:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:5377681

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Former mufti of Egypt Dr. Ali Gomaa has survived an attempt on his life on Friday. Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at Gomaa as he was entering a mosque in the 6th of October City to perform Friday congregational ....

  • 32 fugitives arrested in North Sinai

    Date: 2016-08-05 07:02:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:9 - ID:5376453

    El ARISH, Egypt, Aug 5 (MENA) – Security forces arrested 32 fugitives and wanted elements involved in different cases in North Sinai. The arrests came within the framework of tightened security measures and continued security campaigns to arrest ....

  • Recruit killed, 11 injured in Aswan car accident

    Date: 2016-08-04 06:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:5370885

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Aug 4 (MENA) - A recruit was killed and 11 others were injured in a police car accident in Aswan on Thursday. The dead was identified as 21-year-old Kamel Ragab Ibrahim. Medics rushed to the scene and carried the dead to an ....

  • French embassy thanks interior ministry for restoring French woman belongings

    Date: 2016-08-03 15:10:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:73 - ID:5368713

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The French Embassy in Cairo thanked the Egyptian Interior Ministry for bringing back a French woman's stolen belongings. The 23-year-old thief, who had been previously charged with blackmail, was arrested by the security ....

  • Man arrested for illegal trading in foreign currency

    Date: 2016-08-03 13:31:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:5367825

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - A man was arrested on Wednesday for involvement in illegal trading in foreign currency. Hazem H. was arrested while exchanging foreign currency with two other persons. The three admitted trading in foreign currency outside ....

  • Gunman killed in fire exchange with police in Minya

    Date: 2016-08-02 21:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:91 - ID:5364145

    CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - A dangerous convicted felon was killed in a fire exchange with the police forces in Minya, the Interior Ministry said. The fugitive, Medhat Makhlouf 'Awf, was wanted on three charges and accused in 25 cases. He was shot ....

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