Security and Crime

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  • Shake-up of police staff in Minya, Suez approved

    Date: 2015-08-22 17:56:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:3204893

    MINYA/SUEZ, Egypt, Aug 22 (MENA) – Head of Minya security directorate Hassan Seif and his Suez counterpart Gamal Abdel Bari approved on Saturday a major shake-up of police staff in the two governorates. The changes include police top brass in ....

  • Deah of Brotherhood detainee not suspicious - security chief

    Date: 2015-08-22 15:06:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:3203509

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Aug 22 (MENA) - The death of a Brotherhood detainee held recently over explosive- manufacturing charges is not suspicious, the Fayyoum security chief said. In statements Saturday, Nasser el Abd said the suspect, who was sick, was ....

  • 3 takfiri elements arrested in Sohag

    Date: 2015-08-22 13:49:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:3203273

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Aug 22 (MENA) - Three takfiri elements were rounded up in the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag. The three elements try to propagate for their Takfiri and jihdist ideas through Facebook and tried to communicate with Daesh ....

  • 8 killed, 15 suspects arrested in security campaign in North Sinai

    Date: 2015-08-22 10:43:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:3201965

    EL ARISH, Egypt, Aug 22 (MENA) - Eight people were killed and 15 suspects arrested in a campaign launched by security bodies in el Arish, south of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in North Sinai. The campaign managed to burn and destroy a number of ....

  • Terrorists behind Shubra blast like last year's major blast

    Date: 2015-08-21 18:52:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:3199693

    BANHA, Egypt, Aug 21 (MENA) – Initial investigation showed a blast that hit Shubra el Kheima national security building was carried out like another blast that hit the Cairo police department last year. The pick-up truck laden with two tons of ....

  • 3 takfiris killed in N. Sinai crackdown

    Date: 2015-08-21 15:45:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:3199145

    ARISH, Egypt, Aug 21 (MENA) - Three takfiris have been killed and eight suspects nabbed during a wide-scale security operation in southern Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah. Security sources said that the troops destroyed terrorist hotbeds and seized 26 ....

  • Bomb explodes on railway in Zagazig

    Date: 2015-08-21 06:33:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:2 - ID:3195989

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Aug 21 (MENA) – A bomb exploded early Friday on Zagazig-Mansoura railway, leaving a line break and a crater adjacent to Haryet Razana village of Sharqiya governorate. Receiving a call of a bombing sound, civil protection ....

  • Prosecution team examines Shubra blast scene

    Date: 2015-08-20 13:48:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:3192729

    BANHA, Egypt, Aug 20 (MENA) – A public prosecution team inspected the blast scene of the National Security building in Shubra El Kheima to stand on the nature of the explosion and its impact. The public prosecution ordered that the records of ....

  • Unidentified persons torch power transformers in Sharqiya

    Date: 2015-08-20 12:18:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:3192425

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Aug 20 (MENA) – Unidentified persons set fire to two power transformers in Sharqiya, causing a blackout in several villages with no casualties reported. Fire engines rushed to the scene to put out the flames and a security cordon ....

  • 27 French tourists, 10 Egyptians rescued after boat hit reefs in Red Sea

    Date: 2015-08-20 12:00:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:3192421

    CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) – Rescue teams saved 27 French tourists and ten Egyptian crew members after their boat collided with coral reefs in the Red Sea city of Marsa Alam. The 27 French tourists were taking a scuba diving trip from Porto Ghaleb to ....

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